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Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility
Protecting public employees
who protect our environment,
natural resources, & public health

Who We Are

PEER is a nonprofit organization that protects the rights of public employees and elevates their voices on important environmental issues. Learn about our history and meet our experts.

What We Do

We defend government employees, including whistleblowers, free of charge. We expose government wrongdoing and work to strengthen environmental protections for all. Learn how we work.

Why It Matters

Our democracy is under attack like never before. Our work protecting the civil service and the environment is an essential part of a long-term battle to defend our nation’s values, and our future.

Helping Public Employees

Are you a current or former public employee seeking legal help with an environmental, public lands, public health, or whistleblower issue in your agency? All inquiries are confidential.
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PEER In Action

Explore what PEER is doing to make a difference.

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Protect America’s Roadless National Forests

Submit your comments standing up for our national forests and opposing the rescission of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule.

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Lawsuit

PEER Sues for Transparency

We’re taking the Department of the Interior to court for refusing to release key documents related to President Trump’s controversial Freedom 250 initiative.
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Fighting to Protect the Old Spanish Trail

A former National Park Service employee shares how PEER has supported him in his fight to protect the Old Spanish National Historic Trail from development.

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Our Public Lands & Waters

Big Bend National Park Border Contract Could Fund the Entire Park for 210 Years

August 24, 2026

PEER is actively pursuing an investigation into how exactly the Big Bend border contracts were awarded—and if they were awarded fairly.

“Border development in and around Big Bend National Park should not become a blank check for politically connected contractors,” Whitehouse added. “Before another dollar is spent or another acre is disturbed, the administration should explain why taxpayers are paying billions to stop illegal immigration in one of America’s least crossed, most unique landscapes.”

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Working to Find Solutions

Learn how PEER tackles pressing challenges and delivers meaningful change

Featured CommentaryDoug Burgum’s Destruction of Interior

Doug Burgum isn’t simply shrinking the Department of the Interior. He is actively working to destroy it.

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Featured Area of WorkParks & Public Lands

America’s commons are under assault from commercial pressures, lack of funding and the complicity of officials who are supposed to be our custodians.

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Featured Wins Successes

For over 30 years, we’ve worked to protect government whistleblowers and earn environmental victories across the nation.

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