Biden Fish and Wildlife Nominee Gets Backing from GOP’s Daines

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Republican Sen. Steve Daines will support the nomination of Shannon Estenoz, President Joe Biden’s choice to serve as the Department of Interior’s assistant secretary for fish and wildlifeand parks, his office confirmed Thursday.The Montana lawmaker, a member of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, pointed to the nominee’s responses on the recovery of the grizzly bear, and on a controversial federalcourt decision that affects lynx habitat and forest management in his home state. Daines is the top Republican on the National Parks Subcommittee.Daines was “encouraged” by Estenoz’s statements on “finding a path forward on Cottonwood, and her acknowledgment of the science that the grizzly bear has recovered in the GreaterYellowstone and Northern Continental Divide Ecosystems,” spokeswoman Katherine McKeogh said in an email.