Senate confirms Fish and Wildlife Service nominee
The chamber voted 54-43 to approve the onetime head of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. Democrats Jacky Rosen and Martin Heinrich, ranking member of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, joined Republicans in voting 'yes.'
Nesvik cleared the Environment and Public Works Committee in April along party lines. Ranking member Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) accused him of prioritizing fossil fuel and farm interests.
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Mike Leahy, senior director of wildlife, hunting and fishing policy at the National Wildlife Federation, said of Nesvik: 'He has been a particularly strong proponent for conserving big game migration corridors and expanding hunting and fishing in Wyoming, and his wildlife management experience is of exceptional value to the agency.'
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