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GRAND CANYON REMAINS OPEN, BLUNTING BIGGEST HIT OF GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

From: Cronkite News

““They are making it up on the fly,” said Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. “Try to keep as much open as possible,…

PLANS TO REDUCE NUMBER OF GRAND CANYON BISON ADVANCE ON TWO FRONTS

From: Cronkite News

“Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said then that the plan would turn the Grand Canyon “into a game farm managed…

CHARGES DISMISSED IN HORSE DEATHS AT THREE-WAY

From: The Copper Era

“That case has now been dismissed following an assertion of federal sovereign immunity, according to watchdog group PEER (Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility).…

TWO HORSES AND MULE DIE OF DEHYDRATION IN AZ APACHE-SITGREAVES FOREST

From: Sonoran News

“An attempt to criminally prosecute U.S. Forest Service employees for acts of cruelty to animals resulting in the death of two horses and a mule has been dropped,…

HARASSMENT RESPONSE A MIXED BAG AT GRAND CANYON

From: Arizona Sun

"“This does not appear to be a leadership that is going to be concerned about either sexual harassment or employee discrimination or even workplace morale,” Jeff Ruch,…


News Releases

INTERIOR STIFLES GRAND CANYON PARK CALL FOR MORE RIVER SURGES

Colorado River to Be Managed for Maximum Power Generation Not Wildlife Benefit

FIGHT TO RE-CLASSIFY PYGMY OWL AS ENDANGERED

Conservationists Take First Step to Re-establish Protections for the Pygmy Owl

OFF-ROADERS BOOTED FROM ARIZONA MONUMENT DUE TO ABUSES

Section of Sonoran Desert National Monument Off-Limits to ORVs for Two-Years

ARIZONA GAME AGENCY SCAPEGOATS COUGARS FOR BIGHORN TRAVAILS

Agency Engages in “Biological McCarthyism” by Targeting Puma as Bighorn Gain

ARIZONA’S KOFA REFUGE COUGARS GET ONE-YEAR REPRIEVE

Government Halts “Lethal Removal” of Refuge Puma after PEER Intervention