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FWS Draft Plan: No Transfer to Tribes for Bison Range

From: The Missoulian

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s latest plans for the National Bison Range don’t involve transferring it to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. But…

Borough: No Response from Forest Service on Timber Sale Questions

From: KFSK

“More than five months after it sent a letter seeking information on Tongass National Forest timber oversight the Petersburg borough has yet to receive a response. The borough…

Report: Despite Growing Contamination Crisis, PFAS Chemical Use in U.S. Swells

From: Environmental Working Group

“Between 2012 and 2016, at least 30 new fluorinated chemicals, commonly called PFAS, were produced in significant volumes, according to Environmental…

Halfway Through Trump’s Term, Key Public Lands Agencies Still Lack Leaders

From: Audubon

“More than two years after his inauguration, President Donald Trump has yet to fill the top posts at a trio of federal agencies that together oversee more than 400 million…

Cleanup of PFAS Chemicals in Drinking Water Underway in Wells Near Fort Devens

From: Boston 25 News

“The U.S. Army has committed to cleaning up PFAS chemicals in drinking water in wells near Fort Devens. An environmental group says it all started when a whistleblower…


News Releases

COAST GUARD BACKS NEW SHIPPING LANES FOR ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALE

Altered Harbor Approaches to Reduce Ship Strikes on Endangered Marine Mammal

PESTICIDE INDUSTRY PLOTTED BUSH HUMAN TESTING POLICY

Meeting with OMB Staff Laid Out Exemptions for Experiments on Children

EPA SCIENTISTS PROTEST PENDING PESTICIDE APPROVALS

Unacceptable Risk to Children and Political Pressure on Scientists Decried

EPA LEAD CLEANUP PLAN OMITS DAY CARE AND PREGNANT WOMEN

Public Comment Deadline Signals Start of Pitched Legal Battle

HOUSE CHIDES INTERIOR FOR INACTION ON SICK HEADQUARTERS

Budget Asks for “Corrective Action Plan” and an Employee Grievance Process