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Interior Department Moving To Open More Public Lands To Hunting, Fishing

From: National Parks Traveler

"U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials, at the direction of Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, are moving to open seven of their refuges to hunting…

IN BRIEF: Groups ask EPA to correct study on artificial turf

From: Reuters

"Two environmental groups have filed an administrative complaint against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, asking it to correct a study concluding that exposure…

Earth Talk: Mobile service in national parks

From: Augusta Free Press

"Cell service in national parks has become a flashpoint in recent years as cellular providers compete to blanket the U.S. with coverage—even in remote, traditionally…

Agencies Affirm Few Complaints of Interference with Science

From: FEDWeek

"The PEER organization said that of the 57 allegations made at Interior since 2011 only one was sustained, and of the 30 at Agriculture since 2014 only five. Of the 99…

Cellular Towers in Wilderness Areas: Really?

From: Environment Magazine

"Cell phone towers have sprouted up in national parks across the country because the National Park Service lacks any coherent policy and instead lets telecommunications…


News Releases

RECORD FLORIDA PANTHER MORTALITY IN 2014

50% Increase over Prior Year; More Than a Third Females of Kitten-Bearing Age

NEW REVISIONS WEAKEN INTERIOR SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY SAFEGUARDS

Rules against Politicized Science Honeycombed with Loopholes and Escape Hatches

BLM DUMBING DOWN REPORTS ON LIVESTOCK RANGE CONDITIONS

Complaint Demands Restoration of Data Quantifying and Qualifying Grazing Effects

ALEUTIANS SHOULD BE ALASKA'S FIRST NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY

Nomination Calls for First Permanent Federal Eco-Protections in Alaska Waters

FOREST SERVICE COPS AGAIN CALL FOR CHANGE BUT LOSING HOPE

Official Survey Shows Law Enforcement Officers Ill-Equipped, Alienated and Adrift