Jennifer writes about public lands issues, including access, development and the state land transfer movement. She previously covered campaigns and elections at E&E. Before joining E&E News in 2011, she spent 10 years at the Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call where she worked as an investigative reporter writing about ethics, campaign finance and congressional wealth. Her work has also appeared in The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Detroit News and on National Public Radio. She has appeared as an expert guest on outlets including C-SPAN, NPR and local television. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan.
The Bureau of Land Management is facing increasing pressure to pause a planning process that could open land near New Mexico's Chaco Culture National Historical Park to oil and gas leasing, as lawmakers, environmentalists and Native Americans argue efforts to address the COVID-19 pandemic should take priority.
Idaho resident Ammon Bundy, known for his leadership roles in armed standoffs challenging federal land management, said last week he now plans to draw on those experiences to counter state-level efforts to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
As Congress debates how to resuscitate the nation's economy in the midst of the COVID-19 epidemic, environmental activists are pressing lawmakers to address both illegal and legal wildlife trade — pointing to the animal coronaviruses that sparked the current outbreak.
Interior Secretary David Bernhardt yesterday intensified his agency's internal response to the coronavirus pandemic, ordering employees across the nation to work from home for the foreseeable future.
House Natural Resources Chairman Raúl Grijalva of Arizona lashed out at Interior Secretary David Bernhardt on Friday for encouraging visitation to public lands amid school and business closures triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, characterizing the move as "profoundly dangerous" to public health.