WASHINGTON, D.C. — An Idaho rancher and tech billionaire who has a history of clashing with the U.S. Forest Service is on track to oversee the agency.

A U.S. Senate committee held a hearing Tuesday on President Donald Trump’s nomination of Michael Boren to be the Agriculture Department’s undersecretary for natural resources and environment.

The Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry committee did not vote Tuesday, and a committee staff member told Cowboy State Daily on Wednesday that no vote has yet been scheduled. But the Republican-led panel, which does not include either of Wyoming’s senators, is expected to advance the nomination.

If confirmed by the full, Republican-controlled Senate, Boren would directly oversee the USFS, which manages nearly 200 million acres in western states inclu

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