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THE BATTLE OVER BUNKERVILLE: THE BUNDYS, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE NEW MILITIA MOVEMENT

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…

HOW WILL INTERIOR RESPOND TO YELLOWSTONE HARASSMENT?

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…

WAR IN THE WOODS: GAME WARDENS TAKE ON CARTEL MARIJUANA GROWERS

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…

GOP'ERS SAY THEY WANT TO PUNISH ALLEGED SEXUAL PREDATORS IN GOVERNMENT. RYAN ZINKE HAS A TEST CASE.

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…

SURVEY: U.S. FEDERAL LAND STEWARDS FEEL THREATENED

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),…


News Releases

FWS TERMINATES CONTROVERSIAL BISON RANGE AGREEMENT

Agency Rebuffs Efforts by Tribe to Assume Management of Entire Refuge in FY 2007

STAFF REBEL AGAINST HARASSMENT ON BISON RANGE REFUGE

Joint Complaint of Tribe Trying to Drive Off Staff in Order to Take Over Their Jobs

U.S. PARK POLICE AT LOWEST LEVEL IN MORE THAN A DECADE

Retirements Will Send Force Lower as Assaults on Officers Rise

ATTACKS ON FOREST SERVICE STAFF UP FIVEFOLD IN 2005

Urban Ills Penetrating Deep into Backwoods as Law Enforcement Presence Shrinks

ATTACKS ON NATIONAL PARK LAW ENFORCEMENT HIT ANOTHER ALL-TIME HIGH

Ranger and Park Police Staffing Cannot Keep Up With Rising Security and Visitor Demands