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AFTER PROMISING FIXES, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FACES RENEWED CRITICISMS OF TOXIC CULTURE

From: Government Executive

“The NPS culture is instead breeding corruption, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. Specifically, PEER accused the agency of…

WATCHDOG: PARK SERVICE MANAGEMENT NOT HELD TO SAME STANDARD

From: Federal Times

““In the Park Service, immunity for its managers appears immutable,” PEER Executive Director Jeff Ruch said in a release. He continued, saying that the only saving…

STRUGGLING U.S. NATIONAL PARKS FLOODED WITH VISITORS

From: Environment News Service

“An already thinning Bureau of Land Management is warned to get ready for further staff cutbacks, with possible buyouts if Trump targets are not met,…

SHUTDOWN THREAT RISKS STALLING WORK, PUSHING OUT STAFF

From: Bloomberg BNA

“Jeff Ruch, the director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said in an email to Bloomberg BNA the logistics of closure were unclear. The prospect…

OUT AND ABOUT: BLANKET PHONE COVERAGE PROPOSED FOR PARKS

From: The Spokesman Review

“Yellowstone National Park would be blanketed with strong 4G cell coverage under a multisite expansion entering its final approval phase, according to comments…


News Releases

EPA AND MICHIGAN FACE SHOWDOWN ON WETLAND PROTECTIONS

Pending Bill Violates Federal Law and Threatens Michigan’s Wetlands Delegation

BIG ROLLBACK OF CALIFORNIA DESERT PROTECTION

BLM to Open 49,300 Acres of Algodones Dunes Plan to Off-Road Vehicles

SPIKE IN ATTACKS ON RANGERS AND FEDERAL LAND MANAGERS

2012 Saw Major Increase in Violence Directed at Refuge Mangers & U.S. Park Police

NEW PETROGLYPH PACT BETTER PROTECTS MONUMENT

National Park Standards and Management Extended to City-Owned Lands

NOAA’S BIG STORM PROBLEM IN HAWAII

New Regional Office Inaccessible During Tsunami, Hurricane or Major Storm