WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley issued the following press release:
Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies are leading 19 of their colleagues in pressing the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service for more information about problems identified in an internal report on the National Trail Program.
"We write with strong concerns regarding a December 2025 report published by the U.S. Forest Service on the status of the U.S Forest ...