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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

ARCHAEOLOGICAL TREASURES RUINED IN LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST

Supervisor Retaliated Against Employee Whistleblowers

SPECIAL COUNSEL FINDS WRONGDOING IN UTAH LAND DEAL

Investigation to Target Top Norton Aides

APPRAISAL FOUNDATION BLASTS INTERIOR LAND EXCHANGES

Call for Moratorium and Criminal Investigation

GARBAGE RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION TRASHING ENDANGERED SPECIES AND DESERT PUBLIC LANDS

Conservationists challenge work to haul L.A.'s trash to dump near Joshua Tree NP

PARK SERVICE FORBIDS OFF-DUTY STAFF FROM WRITING ABOUT WORK ISSUES WITHOUT APPROVAL

Washington, DC - The National Park Service (NPS) has forbidden staff from privately publishing material on any work-related topic without approval from the agency, according to a directive released…