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SOME USDA SCIENTISTS SAY THEIR WORK HAS BEEN TAMPERED WITH - MAYBE FOR POLITICAL REASONS

From: Washington Post

““You do not need to have many cases to create a strong chilling effect, and the current science climate inside USDA is quite nippy,” said Jeff Ruch, executive…

FOREST SERVICE MISHANDLED TIMBER SALES, ENVIRONMENT GROUP SALES

From: Alaska Public Media

“Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility cited internal Forest Service documents in its critique of Tongass management. The national forest includes…

FOREST SERVICE: GREEN GROUP ASKS IG TO PROBE TONGRASS TIMBER SALES

From: E & E News

“Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, or PEER, says the Forest Service allowed contractors at the two 2015 timber sales to cherry-pick the trees they…

BLUE DASHER FARM, "REGENERATIVE" RESEARCH

From: Inforum

“Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, based in Silver Spring, Md., is representing Lundgren in a whistleblower complaint that comes up in March before the…

DONALD TRUMP'S WAR ON SCIENCE

From: The Nation

““I have had people call me and ask me to download certain things…in case they get deleted, just to preserve things,” says Kyla Bennett, a former Environmental Protection…


News Releases

USDA URGED TO SHIELD ITS SCIENTISTS FROM HARASSMENT

Agency Scientific Integrity Policy Riddled with Gags, Gaps and Loopholes

PRAIRIE POTHOLE WETLANDS IMPERILED BY THEIR PROTECTORS

Four-State Evaluations Decry Faulty Wetland Calls, Mapping, Reviews and Training

FEDERAL COUGAR HUNTERS MUST OBEY CALIFORNIA LAW

Fish & Game Contractors Cannot Evade Ban on Leg Snares and Other Inhumane Practices

USDA FIRES EMPLOYEE FOR EXPRESSING PERSONAL OPINION

Chilling Effect of Excessive Message Control over Technical Experts Decried

BEETLES BUNGLED – BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OUT OF CONTROL

Federal Campaign Aimed at Tamarisk Threatens Endangered Willow Flycatcher