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GROUP TIES INTERIOR NOMINEE, WESTLANDS LOBBYIST TO ARCTIC REFUGE SCIENTIFIC FRAUD

From: Daily Kos

“Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) disagrees with Zinke’s rosy assessment of Bernhardt’s “extensive experience” serving as a key aide to Secretary…

INTERIOR: ENERGY COMPANIES PAID BERNHARDT MORE THAN $80K LAST YEAR

From: Greenwire

“"I am writing you on behalf of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) to express our opposition to the nomination of David Bernhardt as Deputy Secretary,…

PARK POLICE STAFFING SHRINKING DESPITE INCREASED NEED, SAYS WATCHDOG

From: Federal Times

““The U.S. Park Police are at a low ebb while facing a rising tide,” stated PEER Executive Director Jeff Ruch in a press release. “In recent years, this force has…

DESPITE BEAR CONCERNS, RACE STILL ON, SAY WILDLIFE OFFICIALS

From: Los Alamos Monitor

“Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility last week said the National Park Service is downplaying the threat of interactions between wildlife and participants…

NATIONAL PARKS: POLICE UNION WANTS ZINKE TO SPLIT FORCE FROM NPS

From: Greenwire

“...the agency also struggles with a $12 billion maintenance backlog, and many parks are operating without a full staff. The number of law enforcement rangers has also…


News Releases

EPA CRIMINAL ENFORCEMENT CHIEF REMOVED

Slumping Enforcement Program Faces Restructure

MASSACHUSETTS AUTO EMISSIONS TESTS BADLY FLAWED

Cars Pass When They Should Fail, and Vice Versa

SETTLEMENT PUTS JACKSON BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN

Washington, DC--"Pursuant to a confidential Settlement Agreement mutually negotiated with the Park Service, Mr. Jackson will return to Yellowstone National Park as a Backcountry ranger in 2003 for his…

BUSH PLAN TO ROLL BACK DUNES CONSERVATION FACES BROAD CHALLENGE

Twelve Groups, Local Citizens Target BLM Off-road Plan

FOREST SERVICE TO BID OUT LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRE AND ENVIRONMENTAL POSITIONS

Group Decries "Rent-a-Ranger"