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DeSantis Announces Sweeping Fixes Meant to Clean Up Florida Water Woes

From: Miami Herald

“DeSantis also ordered environmental enforcement moved from the state’s wildlife agency to the DEP. Under Scott, enforcement plummeted to its lowest in three decades…

Trump Administration to Restaff Key Wildlife Refuges to Continue Hunts

From: The Hill

“Jeff Ruch, president of the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said the FWS announcement appears to violate the terms of its own shutdown contingency…

Alaska Calls for Less Federal Control of Wildlife Management

From: KTUU

“Acting Department of Fish and Game Commissioner Doug Vincent-Lang in a 41-page memo says federal officials should stop ignoring state comments on managing wildlife on federal…

The Shutdown Shows Just How Vital Government Scientists Are

From: Wired

“"None of the federal environmental laws are written in such a way that if the government is shut down, you can’t do anything," says Kyla Bennett, senior attorney for the…

Interior Department Won't Accept FOIA Requests During Shutdown

From: The Hill

“Jeff Ruch, the president of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, called the timing dubious, especially as Interior has recently pointed to its extreme…


News Releases

“CULTURE OF FEAR” AT INTERIOR

Agency-wide Survey Shows Wide Expectation of Retaliation & Unfairness

PANTHER SCIENTISTS PRESSURED TO APPROVE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

Scientific Fraud Charges Go to U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Director

CHIEF CHAMBERS DENIED STAY REQUEST

Trial Set on September 8; Norton, Mainella & Griles to be Deposed

LAND USE VIOLATIONS BY LURC COMMISSIONER STILL OPEN

Public Employee Group Calls On Governor to Relieve Nadeau

U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE MOVES TO FIRE SCIENTIST WHO REPORTED FRAUD

Agency Acknowledges Flaws in Florida Panther Studies Affecting Major Developments