Senate considers Michael Boren to lead the Forest Service, despite clashing with the agency

Presidential candidate Donald Trump to oversee the US Forestry Service has a history of clashes with an agency he immediately leads.

On Tuesday afternoon, the Senate Committee for Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry began a confirmation session for Michael Boren, an investment consultant, owner and founder of a billion dollar technology company. The Bipartisan Committee will assess the Boren qualifications and vote on his nomination.

Boren, 62, has been fighting with the US Forestry Service in recent years. One new conflict involves the construction of cabins and clearing land in the Sawtooth national forest near Stanley, Idaho, E& E News ReportedCiting agency correspondence and individuals who are familiar with the situation.

He joined in establishing a technology company based in Boise Clearwater Analytics and had 480 hectares of farm, some of them in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area, according to him Idaho Mountain Express. The work in the property starts before Boren is nominated, but the problem has not been resolved, according to publication.

Other disputes include diverting the flow, disputes about how Boren manages land inside and around the national forest and disagreement about the exact location of the mining claims made by the Boren company, according to ENews.

A small air foundation on the Boren farm also moved the horses among neighbors who claimed he used it to land a small aircraft before he was given permission to use conditional from the Forestry Service, according to the report.

Lawyer Thomas Balducci, who represented Boren for 2023 Lawsuit Regarding the airfield, refused to comment to ABC News.

Boren’s brother, David Boren, also clashed with the Forestry Service on a path built by an agency near his farm.

If confirmed as Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Boren will be responsible for daily operations at the US Forestry Service, which manages more than 200 million hectares of public land. Boren will report to US Agricultural Secretary Brooke Rollins.

The Senate Agricultural Committee reviewed the president’s appointment to the cabinet position of the Ministry of Agriculture. After the trial on Tuesday, confirmation of the full senate will be asked to complete the appointment of Boren.

Current member Committees include John Boozman (R-AR), Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN).

Boren is a donor for the 2024 Trump Presidential Campaign.

On January 16, Trump announced the Boren nomination on his social media platform Social truthDescribe it as “a successful businessman, who has established six companies.”

“Michael will work to revive forest management at that time it was very much needed,” Trump write.

This nomination comes at the time of chaos in the agency. On April 3, Rollins issued what was ordered To eliminate environmental protection from around 112 million hectares of national forest, and thousands of Forestry Service employees have been fired in recent months.

The Forestry Service did not immediately respond to ABC News comments requests. In a statement for New York TimesThe Forestry Service writes that Boren will “apply the first agenda of President Trump America and ensure our forest system is well managed, productive, and tough. We are waiting for quick confirmation by the Senate.”

ABC News cannot immediately reach representatives for Boren’s comments.