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Post-Shutdown, An Ocean of Outrage Greets Interior’s Proposed FOIA Changes

From: Think Progress

“More than 130 groups and organizations have submitted public comments opposing the Interior Department’s efforts to crack down on public information requests —…

Proposed FOIA Rule Provokes Response

From: Coastal Review

“Information provided on the Federal Register states that the Department published a final rule in 2012 that updated and replaced the Department’s previous Freedom…

Interior Dept. Plan to Streamline FOIA Responses Alarms Transparency Groups

From: Government Executive

“An Interior Department proposed rule published late last month to ease the workload of its Freedom of Information Office staff has drawn fire from at least…

Environmentalists and Feds Reach Settlement Over Bison Mgmt

From: Courthouse News

“Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) said “a new era may be dawning” over management of the National Bison Range in Moiese, Montana. Management…

Trump’s EPA Just Handed Another Gift to Big Polluters: Letter to the Editor

From: Cleveland

“With new rules imposing the greatest restrictions on the Clean Water Act since its passage in 1972, Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency has handed yet another…


News Releases

INFORMATION REQUEST FILED TO UNCOVER WHITE HOUSE MANIPULATION OF KLAMATH POLICY

Groups Seek to Clarify Karl Rove's Role in Dictating Klamath Policy Resulting in 33,000 Dead Salmon

ETHICS COMPLAINT FILED AGAINST INTERIOR SOLICITOR

Interior's Top Lawyer May Have Violated Ethics Agreement

WILDLIFE AGENCY PROPOSES 52,780 ACRES OF ALGODONES DUNES FOR CRITCIAL HABITAT PROTECTION

Biologists' Science-based Approach Recognizes Off-road Threats and BLM Plan Failures

FOREST SERVICE OUTSOURCING COSTS GO WAY OVER BUDGET

Project Money Diverted; Forests Told to Stonewall Data Requests

VISITS TO NATIONAL PARKS WAY DOWN IN 2003

Fourth Straight Year of Decline