In This Issue: Action Alert: Scientific Societies, House Science Committee Push for Research Relief The RISE Act would authorize $26 billion in emergency relief for federal science agencies. Upcoming ESA Webinars ESA will host a webinar with Engineers and Scientists Acting Locally Sept. 30. Congress Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) calls for $55 billion for a new Civilian Conservation Corps. Executive Branch The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes new critical habitat rule. States State Attorneys General challenge the Trump administration’s plan to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge....