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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…

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…

FOREST SERVICE ON HOLD FOR HIRING SEASONS FIREFIGHTERS, TRAIL CREWS

From: The Spokesman Review

"Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said the sweeping language of the order left it difficult to interpret.…

HIRING FREEZE HAMPERS AGENCIES

From: The Daily Sentinel

"In a news release, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility criticized the hiring freeze for the uncertainty it has created when it comes to seasonal…


News Releases

FOREST SERVICE SCALPED ON TONGASS TIMBER SALES

Bad Sales Cost Taxpayers & Alaska Schools Big Money and Hurt the Forest

TRAIL OF TEARS ILLEGALLY DEFACED BY FOREST SERVICE

Agency Apologizes for Destroying Sacred Sites but Offers No Atonement

SUIT TO ENFORCE FEDERAL CONTRACTOR WHISTLEBLOWER LAW

Little-Used Law for Federal Contract and Subcontract Employees to Lapse in 2017

FOREST SERVICE HATCHETS LAW ENFORCEMENT

Rangers Told to “Prioritize” in Face of One-Sixth Reduction in Personnel

FOREST SERVICE COPS AGAIN CALL FOR CHANGE BUT LOSING HOPE

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