House Republicans this week will get a chance to question the Fish and Wildlife Service’s call for updating the role of “biological integrity, diversity and environmental health” in managing the wildlife refuge system.
It sounds abstract, but it sends chills down some spines.
Billed by the Fish and Wildlife Service in February as an attempt to better address climate change challenges, the rules package some people shorthand as BIDEH has triggered alarm among conservatives.
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More than 54,000 public comments have flooded the agency during a comment period that’s scheduled to end in May, a number of them challenging the agency’s fundamental declarations.
