DRILLING AND MINING IN STORE FOR TWO ICONIC SOUTHWEST PARKS
Falling Commodity Prices Brings Brief Reprieve for Petrified Forest and Aztec Ruins
Department of Interior
News Releases
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT NEEDS NEW BROOMS TO SWEEP IT CLEAN
whistleblowers and reformers required to rejuvenate ravaged agencies
GREEN GROUPS GALVANIZE BEHIND GRIJALVA FOR INTERIOR SECRETARY
106 Groups Say AZ Congressman Is Right Person to Reform Troubled Agency
LESS THAN 1% OF COMMENTS FAVOR BUSH ENDANGERED SPECIES PLAN
Proposed Changes Never Reviewed by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service; Call for Congress to Close the Federal Register Now
U.S. PARK POLICE CHIEF JOB VACANT AGAIN
Latest Resignation Punctuates Ongoing Turmoil, Shortages and Political Interference
INTERIOR READIES MOUNTAIN BIKE EXPANSION IN NATIONAL PARKS
Lame Duck Rule Would Clear Way for Mountain Bike Trails in Park Backcountry
INDUSTRY LAWYERS DIRECTED BACA WILDLIFE REFUGE DRILLING STUDY
Concerns of Refuge Scientists Overridden by Interior, Justice Officials
TRIBAL WILDLIFE REFUGE TAKEOVER DEEPLY FLAWED
National Bison Range Deal Sets Precedent for 75 Other National Parks and Refuges
INTERIOR ETHICS SCANDALS INVOLVE MORE THAN “A FEW”
Widespread Industry Penetration of Interior Tatters Kempthorne Ethics Vows
RECLAMATION JETTISONING ENVIRONMENTAL FUNCTIONS
Lame Duck Reorganization Cutting Green Jobs to Promote Outsourcing
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Tortoise on the Half-Shell — Environmental 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 >> |
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War of Attrition — Sabotage 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 >> |
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2005 Interior Biologists Told To Fundraise |
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Protest of Nomination of Craig Manson, for Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish, Wildlife and Parks |