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From: PBS
“Threats and assaults against federal employees working in the wilderness were on the rise, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a nonprofit group…
From: High Country News
“Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, thinks sexual harassment is a symptom of a larger dysfunction at national…
From: Ammoland
“According to PEER, in 2012 reported assault incidents rose more than 40% in wildlife refuges and in areas patrolled by the U.S. Park Police, and by more than 12% in…
From: Washington Post
“Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a watchdog group that has called on the Park Service to dismiss several employees…
From: WDEF.com
“The group gathered responses from 104 out of 302 managers of the Fish and Wildlife Service’s federal refuge and 364 employees of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM),…
Despite Incident Reduction, Land Management Workers Still Have Safety Concerns
Survey Reflects Federal Land Management Workers’ Growing Safety Worries
Assaults More than Double in Two Years with No Reported Enforcement
2015 Saw Spike in Reported Threats and Interference on Federal Lands in West
Federal Inaction for 19 Months on Bundy Spawns More Militia Confrontations