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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 ABANDONS LEAD-BASED PAINT PROTECTIONS

1.4 Million Children and Thousands of Construction Workers Remain At Risk

MISSING DOCUMENTS IN CHAMBERS CASE SUDDENLY FOUND

Interior Still Deciding Whether to Release Newly Located Records

SPECIAL COUNSEL TAGS INTERNS TO CLOSE OUT WHISTLEBLOWER CASES

Staff Resignations Leave Agency Short-Handed

COMPUTER RECYCLING EXPOSES PRISON STAFF AND INMATES TO TOXICS

Prison Industry Safety Concerns Censored From OSHA Investigation

FLORIDA’S ENVIRONMENT - MORE VIOLATION NOTICES BUT LESS RESULTS

Cleanups and Civil Fines Down in ’04; “Traffic Ticket” Mentality Decried