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34 Congressional Research Service reports and publications

Judicial Review and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
2025-09-19 · Reports · R48717 · HTML available · PDF available
Critical Mineral Resources: National Policy and Critical Minerals List
2025-09-18 · Reports · R47982 · HTML available · PDF available
Critical Minerals on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf: The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s Role and Issues for Congress
2025-09-11 · Reports · R48302 · HTML available · PDF available
The Marine Mammal Commission
2025-08-13 · Resources · IF13015 · HTML available · PDF available
Bureau of Reclamation Support for Water Storage Projects
2025-07-14 · Reports · R47987 · HTML available · PDF available
National Environmental Policy Act: An Overview
2025-06-26 · Resources · IF12560 · HTML available · PDF available
The Sikes Act: An Overview of Conservation on Military Lands
2025-06-06 · Reports · R48561 · HTML available · PDF available
Recreation.gov: Overview and Issues for Congress
2025-05-12 · Resources · IF12778 · HTML available · PDF available
Trump Administration Actions: Geographic Naming
2025-05-09 · Resources · IF12881 · HTML available · PDF available
U.S. Regional Fishery Management Councils
2025-04-29 · Reports · R47645 · HTML available · PDF available
U.S. Coal Production & Federal Lands
2025-04-25 · Infographics · IG10076 · HTML available · PDF available
Management of the Colorado River: Water Allocations, Drought, and the Federal Role
2025-03-27 · Reports · R45546 · HTML available · PDF available
Status of U.S. Offshore Wind Leasing and Permitting: President Trump’s January 2025 Wind Leasing Memorandum
2025-03-11 · Posts · IN12509 · HTML available · PDF available
Critical Mineral Resources: The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Role in Research and Analysis
2025-02-21 · Reports · R48005 · HTML available · PDF available
National Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS): Overview and Issues for Congress
2025-01-31 · Reports · R48381 · HTML available · PDF available
Marin Audubon Society v. Federal Aviation Administration: D.C. Circuit Challenges CEQ’s Authority to Issue NEPA Regulations
2025-01-15 · Posts · LSB11260 · HTML available · PDF available
The North Atlantic Right Whale: Conservation Trade-Offs with Selected Marine Sectors and Considerations for Congress
2025-01-15 · Resources · IF12776 · HTML available · PDF available
Wildlife Corridors: Background and Issues for Congress
2025-01-13 · Reports · R48350 · HTML available · PDF available
Offshore Wind Provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act
2024-10-22 · Posts · IN11980 · HTML available · PDF available
U.S. Shale Gas & Federal Lands
2024-03-15 · Infographics · IG10049 · HTML available · PDF available
Mass Timber: Overview and Issues for Congress
2023-10-12 · Reports · R47752 · HTML available · PDF available
Protection of Undersea Telecommunication Cables: Issues for Congress
2023-08-07 · Reports · R47648 · HTML available · PDF available
eDNA/eRNA: Scientific Value in What’s Left Behind
2022-12-15 · Resources · IF12285 · HTML available · PDF available
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI)
2022-12-09 · Resources · IF12280 · HTML available · PDF available
Strategic Petroleum Reserve Oil Releases: October 2021 Through October 2022
2022-04-22 · Posts · IN11916 · HTML available · PDF available
Agriculture and Forestry Offsets in Carbon Markets: Background and Selected Issues
2021-11-03 · Reports · R46956 · HTML available · PDF available
Marine Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs): Background, Statutory Authorities, and Issues for Congress
2021-09-27 · Reports · R46921 · HTML available · PDF available
Endangered Species Act (ESA) Section 7 Consultation and Infrastructure Projects
2021-08-04 · Reports · R46867 · HTML available · PDF available
COVID-19 and the U.S. Timber Industry
2021-07-29 · Reports · R46636 · HTML available
Salton Sea Restoration
2021-07-28 · Reports · R46625 · HTML available · PDF available
Climate Change Adaptation: Department of Commerce
2021-04-01 · Reports · R46743 · HTML available · PDF available
Water Infrastructure for the 21st Century: The Viability of Incorporating Natural Infrastructure in Bureau of Reclamation Water Management Systems
2021-03-24 · Testimony · TE10061 · HTML available · PDF available
Withdrawal of Federal Lands: Analysis of a Common Legislated Withdrawal Provision
2021-01-15 · Reports · R46657 · HTML available · PDF available
COVID-19 and the U.S. Seafood Sector
2020-09-21 · Reports · R46535 · HTML available · PDF available