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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

AMERICA LOSING THE WAR FOR CLEAN WATER

More Than Half of U.S. Rivers and Two-Thirds of Lakes and Reservoirs Impaired

MANATEE DEATHS IN 2018 ALREADY TOP LAST YEAR’S HIGH TOLL

Nearly 100 Red Tide-Related Deaths So Far; Second-Highest Total This Decade

PRUITT SCIENCE CENSORSHIP PLAN IS BIG TEST FOR WHEELER

Legally Dubious Curbs on Scientific Studies Hamstring Public Health Protections

PRUITT’S WACKY WOTUS REPEAL DO-OVER DIGS DEEPER LEGAL HOLE

Supplemental Filing to Justify Jettisoning Clean Water Rule Runs Further Aground

PRUITT HOLDOVER COST-BENEFIT PLAN IS REGULATORY LAND MINE

Crude Attempt to Put Corporate Thumb on Scales for Health and Eco-Protection