INTERIOR TO DENY MORE FOIA REQUESTS - ESPECIALLY FROM MEDIA
Proposed Rules Facilitate Request, Fee Waiver, and Expedited Processing Rejections
Department of Interior
News Releases
SUIT TO PENETRATE POLITICAL SCREENING OF INTERIOR GRANTS
Inspector General Decries “Weak or Non-Existent Controls” on Grants and Aid
VACUUM IN VACANCIES ACT POLICING
GAO Is Lackadaisical in Detecting and Reporting Illegal Acting Appointments
ZINKE ORDERS BROAD ROLLBACK OF WILDLIFE PROTECTIONS
Agencies Ordered to Defer to State Hunting and Fishing Practices Whenever Possible
LAWSUIT TO PENETRATE ALASKA PETROLEUM CONTROVERSY
Premature Disclosure of New NPRA Estimates Led to Resignation in Ethics Protest
ZINKE SHOWS NO SIGN OF EMPOWERING THE FIELD
Interior Secretary Routinely Preempts Local Decision-Making
LEGAL CLOUD LOOMS OVER INTERIOR DEPARTMENT ACTIONS
Legitimacy of Acting Directors of Parks, BLM, and Fish & Wildlife Remains in Doubt
TEMPORARY INTERIOR DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS ILLEGAL
All Decisions by Acting Park Service, BLM, and Fish & Wildlife Heads Legally Void
ZINKE CLUELESS ON INTERIOR’S HARASSMENT CULTURE
Survey Shows Widespread Reports of Reprisal and Complaint Suppression
ZINKE COMMANDEERED BOAT FOR CHANNEL ISLANDS JAUNT
Diverted to Pick Up Wife, Aunt, and Guests He Classified as “Technical Experts”
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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 |