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Court Challenges May Loom for 'Acting' Decisions

From: Greenwire

“The Government Accountability Office appears to have punted on determining the legality of certain actions taken by temporary Interior Department appointees. So federal…

Interior Deferring to States, Reviewing Fish, Wildlife Protections

From: Natural Gas Intel

“Zinke's plans for the review were outlined in a two-page memo posted Tuesday by the nonprofit group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).…

Zinke Memo: Interior Will Defer To States For Wildlife Management

From: Wyoming Public Media

“In the memo Zinke asked Interior bureaus to examine and contrast state versus federal policies over the next month and a half, and then provide recommendations…

Legal Battle Staves Off Trump’s Assault on Clean-Water Protections

From: Truth Out

“Since taking office, Donald Trump has waged a relentless attack on the nation’s waterways, but his efforts to strip away protections for rivers and wetlands have run…

Grand Teton Supe Tapped by Trump to Lead NPS

From: Grand Canyon Guide

“Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said the organization has some concerns about Vela’s lack of transparency…


News Releases

EPA LIBRARY CLOSURES HAMPERING AGENCY WORK, ARBITRATOR FINDS

EPA Guilty of Bad Faith and Unfair Labor Practice in Shutting Agency Libraries

U.S. FOREST SERVICE DROPS MASSIVE RESTRUCTURING

Avoiding “Additional Disruption and Confusion” Will Keep Biologists in the Forests

ONE-TIME FLUSH OF GRAND CANYON SPARKS HIGH-LEVEL FRACAS

Park Service Environmental Objections Quashed to Cement 5-Year Power Deal

SETTLEMENT IN WHISTLEBLOWER CASE OF INTERIOR LAWYER

Robert McCarthy Testified Against Government in Tribal Trust Accounts Trial

LEGAL PETITION TO SAVE NEVADA’S AMARGOSA TOAD

Off-Road Traffic and Habitat Destruction May Doom Toad without Intervention