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88 Congressional Research Service reports and publications

President Trump’s April 2025 Executive Order on American Seafood Competitiveness: Considerations for U.S. Fisheries
2025-09-02 · Resources · IF13017 · HTML available · PDF available
Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management
2025-08-25 · Resources · IF12768 · HTML available · PDF available
The Marine Mammal Commission
2025-08-13 · Resources · IF13015 · HTML available · PDF available
The Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA): Selected Legal Issues
2025-08-12 · Reports · R44694 · HTML available · PDF available
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Status of Oil and Gas Program
2025-07-24 · Resources · IF12006 · HTML available · PDF available
The Rice’s Whale: Conservation Efforts, Implications for Ocean Sectors, and Considerations for Congress
2025-07-23 · Resources · IF12835 · HTML available · PDF available
Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress
2025-07-14 · Reports · R41153 · HTML available · PDF available
The Sikes Act: An Overview of Conservation on Military Lands
2025-06-06 · Reports · R48561 · HTML available · PDF available
Central Valley Project: Issues and Legislation
2025-05-30 · Reports · R45342 · HTML available · PDF available
U.S. Regional Fishery Management Councils
2025-04-29 · Reports · R47645 · HTML available · PDF available
Coastal Blue Carbon as a Carbon Dioxide Removal Approach: Selected Issues for Congress
2025-04-29 · Reports · R48148 · HTML available · PDF available
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR): An Overview
2025-04-25 · Reports · RL33872 · HTML available · PDF available
DNA Methylation: Applications to Living Marine Resource Management
2025-04-09 · Resources · IF12962 · HTML available · PDF available
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) FY2025 Budget Request and Appropriations
2025-04-03 · Resources · IF12667 · HTML available · PDF available
Trump Administration Executive Order on California Water Resources
2025-02-13 · Posts · IN12508 · HTML available · PDF available
National Monuments and the Antiquities Act
2025-02-11 · Reports · R41330 · HTML available · PDF available
Fishery Disaster Assistance
2025-01-31 · Reports · RL34209 · HTML available · PDF available
Mirror Life: Biosafety/Biosecurity Oversight Considerations
2025-01-27 · Resources · IF12883 · 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
Recent Developments in Everglades Restoration
2025-01-14 · Resources · IF11336 · HTML available · PDF available
Columbia River Treaty
2024-12-03 · Reports · R43287 · HTML available · PDF available
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) Oil and Gas Program: Provisions in P.L. 11597, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
2024-09-26 · Resources · IF10782 · HTML available
Grizzly Bears and the Endangered Species Act
2024-06-28 · Reports · R48116 · HTML available · PDF available
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS): Background and FY2024 Appropriations
2024-03-27 · Resources · IF12358 · HTML available · PDF available
Bureau of Reclamation Provisions in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58)
2024-03-21 · Reports · R47032 · HTML available · PDF available
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) FY2024 Budget Request and Appropriations
2024-03-18 · Resources · IF12406 · HTML available · PDF available
Potential Impacts of Offshore Wind on the Marine Ecosystem and Associated Species: Background and Issues for Congress
2024-01-19 · Reports · R47894 · HTML available · PDF available
The Marine Mammal Protection Act (P.L. 92522): Primer and Issues for Congress
2024-01-05 · Reports · R47892 · HTML available · PDF available
“Who Says It’s a Disaster?”: Podcast Companion
2023-12-19 · Posts · IN12290 · HTML available · PDF available
The Coastal Barrier Resources Act (CBRA)
2023-10-03 · Resources · IF10859 · HTML available · PDF available
Experimental Populations Under the Endangered Species Act and Gray Wolves
2023-07-28 · Reports · R47581 · HTML available · PDF available
Experimental Populations Under the Endangered Species Act
2023-07-27 · Resources · IF12407 · HTML available · PDF available
Lesser Prairie Chicken Listing Under the Endangered Species Act (ESA)
2023-07-21 · Reports · R47632 · HTML available · PDF available
Forest Service Assistance Programs
2023-06-30 · Reports · R45219 · HTML available · PDF available
Endangered Species Act (ESA) Section 7 Consultation
2023-06-07 · Resources · IF12423 · HTML available · PDF available
U.S. Forest Carbon Data: In Brief
2023-06-06 · Reports · R46313 · HTML available · PDF available
Ocean Acidification: Frequently Asked Questions
2023-04-25 · Reports · R47300 · HTML available · PDF available
Federal Lands and Related Resources: Overview and Selected Issues for the 118th Congress
2023-02-24 · Reports · R43429 · HTML available · PDF available
The National Trails System: A Brief Overview
2023-02-06 · Reports · R43868 · HTML available · PDF available
eDNA/eRNA: Scientific Value in What’s Left Behind
2022-12-15 · Resources · IF12285 · HTML available · PDF available
The Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act
2022-10-12 · Resources · IF12229 · HTML available · PDF available
Wilderness: Issues and Legislation
2022-10-12 · Reports · R41610 · HTML available · PDF available
Ecosystem Restoration in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: Overview and Issues for Congress
2022-10-03 · Reports · R47263 · HTML available · PDF available
Legal and Practical Implications of the Ninth Circuit’s Cottonwood Environmental Law Center v. U.S. Forest Service Decision Under the Endangered Species Act
2022-08-02 · Reports · R47201 · HTML available · PDF available
Wilderness: Overview, Management, and Statistics
2022-07-29 · Reports · RL31447 · HTML available
Agricultural Conservation: A Guide to Programs
2022-07-28 · Reports · R40763 · HTML available · PDF available
Short- and Long-Term Solutions to Extreme Drought in the Western United States
2022-06-14 · Testimony · TE10076 · HTML available · PDF available
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS): FY2022 Appropriations and Background
2022-05-06 · Resources · IF11850 · HTML available · PDF available
U.S. District Court Vacates Gray Wolf Delisting Rule
2022-02-18 · Posts · LSB10697 · 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