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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

LEAVITT DAMPENS EPA CRIMINAL ENFORCEMENT

Promised Reforms Not Implemented, Vacancies Unfilled, Prosecutions Falling

ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS COMMAND CHANGE – FOR BETTER OR WORSE?

Gen. Flowers Tenure Called "Disastrous;" Replacement an Unknown Quantity

FOREST SERVICE DROPPING ENDANGERED SPECIES, RIPARIAN & ARCHAEOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Forest Service Will Self-Certify Compliance Under New "Streamline" Plan

ACTING PARK POLICE CHIEF TO RETIRE WITH NO SUCCESSOR NAMED

Chief Chambers Enters 16th Week of Paid Leave; Paralysis at Interior

NATIONAL PARKS AIR POLLUTION PROTECTIONS SHREDDED

Political Appointees Overruling Scientists