From: KFSK “The Petersburg borough assembly will try again to get some answers about timber sale oversight and administration on the Tongass National Forest. The assembly Monday voted unanimously to send a second letter to U.S. Forest Service chief Vicki Christiansen seeking ...

From: Politico “The watchdog group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility filed a complaint with the Interior Department’s Office of Inspector General alleging that the National Park Service illegally named David Vela its acting deputy director of operations. Vela, ...

From: Bloomberg “The Interior Department short-circuited the Senate’s role in confirming a key political leader at the National Park Service, according to an April 17 complaint from a good government group. The April 15 appointment of David Vela as the park service’s acting ...

From: The Washington Post ““Given this administration’s track record on appointments in general, and on employee rights in particular, and general hostility to the civil service, we are very concerned about having a board with a majority of Trump administration appointees,” ...

From: Beyond Pesticides “The Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) announced on April 3 that it is suing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) for its failure to release public records, despite multiple FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) requests, that would reveal on-the-ground ...