President Donald Trump’s nominee to oversee the U.S. Forest Service has a history of clashing with the very agency that he soon could be leading. On Tuesday afternoon, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry began the confirmation hearing for Michael Boren, an investment consultant, Idaho ranch owner and founder of a billion-dollar tech company. A bipartisan committee will assess Boren’s qualifications and vote on his nomination. …Boren, 62, has had disagreements with the U.S. Forest Service in recent years. …When introducing Boren to the committee, Sen. James Risch, R-Ida., addressed the reports of the disputes between the nominee and the Forest Service, saying that people who own “inholding” land — or privately owned land situated within the boundary of publicly owned or protected area that are common west of the Mississippi River — typically come into conflict with the federal government.

Related coverage in the New York Times (subscription only) by Hiroko Tabuchi: He Built an Airstrip on Protected Land. Now He’s in Line to Lead the Forest Service.