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GROUP TIES INTERIOR NOMINEE, WESTLANDS LOBBYIST TO ARCTIC REFUGE SCIENTIFIC FRAUD

From: Daily Kos

“Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) disagrees with Zinke’s rosy assessment of Bernhardt’s “extensive experience” serving as a key aide to Secretary…

INTERIOR: ENERGY COMPANIES PAID BERNHARDT MORE THAN $80K LAST YEAR

From: Greenwire

“"I am writing you on behalf of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) to express our opposition to the nomination of David Bernhardt as Deputy Secretary,…

PARK POLICE STAFFING SHRINKING DESPITE INCREASED NEED, SAYS WATCHDOG

From: Federal Times

““The U.S. Park Police are at a low ebb while facing a rising tide,” stated PEER Executive Director Jeff Ruch in a press release. “In recent years, this force has…

DESPITE BEAR CONCERNS, RACE STILL ON, SAY WILDLIFE OFFICIALS

From: Los Alamos Monitor

“Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility last week said the National Park Service is downplaying the threat of interactions between wildlife and participants…

NATIONAL PARKS: POLICE UNION WANTS ZINKE TO SPLIT FORCE FROM NPS

From: Greenwire

“...the agency also struggles with a $12 billion maintenance backlog, and many parks are operating without a full staff. The number of law enforcement rangers has also…


News Releases

THREE RARE FLORIDA PANTHERS PERISH IN ONE WEEK

With 19 Deaths So Far This Year, 2012 Could Become Deadliest on Record

ECO-LAWSUIT ADVANCES AGAINST CAPE WIND

Risk to Right Whale and other Threatened and Endangered Species Litigated

FAREWELL MESSAGE THAT BLM HAS LOST ITS WAY

Sole Focus on Commodities Threatens Natural Heritage, 44-Year Veteran Warns

RISING DOUBTS ON INDEPENDENCE OF INTERIOR INSPECTOR GENERAL

Staff Survey Shows Only 60% Believe IG Operates "Free from Improper Influence"

PUBLIC LANDS ADVOCATES ACT TO DEFEND TAHOE NATIONAL FOREST

Forest could lose new protections from off-road vehicle damage