Competitive Enterprise Institute
Reforming Federal Lands and the Endangered Species Act
Location
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- Tuesday, December 8, 2020 12:00 p.m.
Description
Join CEI for an online forum with Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt on the challenges of reforming federal lands policies and the Endangered Species Act. The Secretary will discuss his reform accomplishments to date and the challenges and opportunities ahead, in conversation with Director of CEI’s Center for Energy and the Environment Myron Ebell and President Kent Lassman.
The Department of the Interior manages 11 agencies—including the National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, and Bureau of Land Management—and more than 450 million acres, or 20 percent of the nation’s land area. Interior agencies are also responsible for regulating energy production on subsurface and offshore areas and enforcing the Endangered Species Act on private landowners.
Speakers
David Bernhardt
Secretary of the Interior
US Department of the Interior