Department of Interior

News Releases

NO DIRECTION - NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND BLM TO BE RUN BY LOWER DEPUTIES FOR 3 YEARS

Trump and Bernhardt Continue to Deny Senate Role in Confirming Directors

INTERIOR’S OBTUSE REORGANIZATION HAS BLURRY FOCUS

New Layers of Regional Bureaucracy Larded on Top of Current Structure

NEW BLM ACTING DIRECTOR THREATENS AGENCY'S EXISTENCE

Ultra-Right Wing Lawyer William Pendley is Uniquely Unqualified to Run BLM

INTERIOR’S MUSICAL CHAIRS SPIN OUT OF CONTROL

Complaints Mount as Sagebrush Rebel Installed Over Wildlife and Parks

PEER FILES NEW INFORMATION ON ILLEGAL ACTIONS BY PARK SERVICE DEPUTY DIRECTOR

Inspector General Asked to Take Action Against Department of the Interior Violations

SENATE CONFIRMS MONUMENTALLY BAD PICK TO LEAD INTERIOR

Former Oil and Gas Lobbyist Sets New Low Bar for Regulatory Capture

THE WOMAN FROM MONSANTO INSIDE INTERIOR

Former Executive Had Hand in Lifting GMO and Pesticide Bans in Refuges

BERNHARDT SURROUNDED BY ILLEGITIMATE ACTING OFFICIALS

Confirmation for Appointee Subverting Senate’s Advice and Consent Power

BERNHARDT BRAGS OF INTERIOR ETHICS TURNAROUND

Claims Progress in Stemming “Avalanche of Ethical Misconduct” across All Bureaus

INTERIOR DEPARTMENT GAMING THE SHUTDOWN

Staff Ordered to Perform Nonemergency Work to Serve Special Interests



White Papers
Tortoise on the Half-ShellEnvironmental Malpractice at Mojave National Preserve (November 1999)
Details an inside account about how a federal agency legally dedicated to conservation has abdicated its responsibilities to the direct detriment of the natural resources and wildlife in its care. As a consequence of political presure and bureaucratic inertia, legal mandates have been flaunted, critical scientific data ignored and park managers have taken the posture that grazing at Mojave NP is, and will likely remain, unmonitored, unregulated and untouchable. more >>

War of AttritionSabotage of the Endangered Series Act by the U.S. Department of Interior (December 1997)
The U.S. Department of the Interior consistently ignores its own scientists' recommendations to list species as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). To stall discussion and shift the burden, the Department of the Interior is waiting for Congressional approval for a reauthorization bill that would greatly weaken the act. more >>

Surveys
2005  Interior Biologists Told To Fundraise

Other PEER Activities
Protest of Nomination of Craig Manson, for Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish, Wildlife and Parks