In this special episode of A Voice for Rural America, host Representative Dan Newhouse, chairman of the Congressional Western Caucus, speaks with PERC Vice President of Law and Policy Jonathan Wood and Chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee Bruce Westerman about the state of the Endangered Species Act.
The conversation explores how the ESA could be reformed to achieve better recovery outcomes for listed species, the intersection of forest management policy and endangered species law, and dives into the joint Western Caucus-Natural Resources Committee ESA Working Group final product, the ESA Amendments Act of 2024.