President Trump’s nominee for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director
is taken into account by Senate Committee
For Rapid Launch: March 26, 2025
Contacts:
Jewel Tomasula [email protected]
Susan Holmes [email protected]
Kristin Combs [email protected]
Washington, D.C. – The Senate Setting and Public Works Committee will think about President Trump’s nominee for the director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at the moment. Brian Nesvick, former director of the Wyoming Recreation and Fish Division, who would administer the Endangered Species Act, brings a historical past of opposition to federal protections for wildlife.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is the federal company charged with defending threatened and endangered species. The said mission of FWS is to “preserve, shield, and improve fish, wildlife, crops and their habitats…” The company manages practically 860 million acres of nationwide wildlife refuges.
All through his profession, Nesvik has pushed to eradicate federal protections for grizzly bears and defended a “shoot-on-sight” for grey wolves. On 85% of the land in Wyoming, grey wolves will be killed with no bag restrict, license, or different sustainable looking measure in place. Final 12 months, Nesvik’s company obtained world condemnation for imposing solely a minimal advantageous when a Wyoming man used a snowmobile to run down and brutally torture a younger feminine wolf. Grey wolves are among the many high causes vacationers go to Wyoming, however outdoors of the federally-managed Yellowstone and Grand Teton Nationwide Parks they’ve little to no protections.
Nesvik has been hostile to the Endangered Species Act and science-based wildlife protections. In 2020, Mr. Nesvik co-wrote an editorial stating the Endangered Species Act “should be pruned” to permit states to make their very own guidelines on conservation. But, Wyoming is one among solely three states that doesn’t have a state Endangered Species Act. Nesvik’s place on the Endangered Species Act is out of contact with the Wyoming folks; current polling exhibits that 53% of Wyoming residents oppose decreasing federal Endangered Species Act protections.
“Nesvik has been a catastrophe for Wyoming wildlife, neglecting science and democracy whereas placing the wealthiest pursuits first,” stated government director of Wyoming Wildlife Advocates Kristin Combs. “If not for the federal authorities stepping in to guard imperiled species, Wyoming wouldn’t have wolves, grizzlies, lynx, wolverine, and the black-footed ferret.”
“There is no such thing as a doubt that if confirmed as Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Nesvik will do the Trump Administration’s bidding to advance unchecked drilling, mining, and logging of fragile wildlife habitats,” stated Susan Holmes, Govt Director, Endangered Species Coalition. “Nesvik will sacrifice our valuable endangered species for trade earnings at each flip. It will likely be a battle on wildlife that may wreak havoc on the safety and restoration of species from grizzlies to sea turtles to monarch butterflies,” she stated.
###
