Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) Today, Congressman Ryan Zinke voted to pass the Big Beautiful Bill Act, landmark legislation that delivers sweeping reforms to restore fiscal sanity, cut taxes for hardworking Americans, secure our border, and safeguard entitlements for American citizens, without selling public lands. Read the full bill here.
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) Today, after unrelenting effort from Congressman Ryan Zinke (MT-01), a provision selling more than 450,000 acres of public land has been stripped from the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” also known as the House budget reconciliation.
Washington, D.C. - Today, Representatives Ryan Zinke (R-MT-01) and Joe Neguse (D-CO-02) introduced the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration (CFLR) Program Reauthorization Act of 2025, which would extend and expand a successful program focused on reducing wildfire risk, restoring forest health, and supporting rural economies through proven, locally driven strategies.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representatives Ryan Zinke (R-MT-01) and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.-02) announced the launch of the bipartisan Public Lands Caucus, a bipartisan congressional coalition focused on conserving America’s public lands and expanding access for all Americans.
(WASHINGTON, DC) On Wednesday, the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership (TRCP) awarded Congressman Ryan Zinke (MT-01) with the James D.
(Kalispell, MT) – On Tuesday, the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) issued a ruling requiring the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to temporarily reinstate nearly 6,000 workers. As a result of the stay, all affected probationary Forest Service employees will be reinstated from March 5 to April 18, 2025.
Congressman Zinke released the following announcement:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Ryan Zinke issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s Joint Address to Congress:
Washington, D.C. - Today, Western Montana Representative Ryan Zinke issued a statement following the announcement that President Trump secured the release of U.S. citizen Marc Fogel, who has been wrongfully detained in Russia since 2021. Fogel’s sister and son currently live in Montana.
Washington, D.C. – Western Montana Representative Ryan Zinke, Rep. Harriet Hageman (WY), Rep. Russ Fulcher (ID-01), and Rep. Troy Downing (MT -02), urged President Trump and Department of Interior (DOI) Secretary Doug Burgum to reverse a last-minute Biden Administration policy proposal to reclassify grizzly populations into a single Distinct Population Segment (DPS) and the Biden decision to deny Wyoming and Montana’s petitions to delist grizzlies in the Greater Yellowstone (GYE) and Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem (NCDE).
Washington (D.C.) - Today, Western Congressman Ryan Zinke signed onto the Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act to ensure the aerial wildfire suppression fleet is mission ready to combat the year-round threat of wildfires. The bill was introduced in the Senate by U.S. Senators Tim Sheehy (R – MT) and Martin Heinrich (D – N.M.) and companion legislation was introduced in the House by Rep. Dan Newhouse (R WA -04).