LOS ANGELES—The U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources on Wednesday announced it is investigating a controversial settlement among ranchers, conservationist groups, and the National Park Service that will largely end multi-generational organic dairy and cattle ranching at the Point Reyes National Seashore in Northern California.
Republican members of the committee sent letters to five conservation groups involved in the January settlement determining the future of the national park, citing concerns over a “lack of transparency surrounding the settlement” as well as potential environmental and legal consequences, and requested extensive discovery related to the matter.
“These groups are attacking our Western way of life—and also attacking American agriculture and the people who are actually feeding the country,” committee chairman Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) told The Epoch Times….