FWS Draft Plan: No Transfer to Tribes for Bison Range
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PEER | April 5, 2019
From: The Missoulian The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s latest plans for the National Bison Range don’t involve transferring it to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. But they do leave the door open to future joint management with that group. This stipulation was included in ...
Borough: No Response from Forest Service on Timber Sale Questions
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From: KFSK “More than five months after it sent a letter seeking information on Tongass National Forest timber oversight the Petersburg borough has yet to receive a response. The borough assembly approved a letter November 6th asking for information on follow up action the agency has ...
CDC Punts on Studying PFAS Cancer Risks
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PEER | April 4, 2019
Study to look at relationship between PFAS exposure and select health outcomes ...
Report: Despite Growing Contamination Crisis, PFAS Chemical Use in U.S. Swells
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PEER | April 3, 2019
From: Environmental Working Group “Between 2012 and 2016, at least 30 new fluorinated chemicals, commonly called PFAS, were produced in significant volumes, according to Environmental Protection Agency data analyzed by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, or PEER. PEER ...
Halfway Through Trump’s Term, Key Public Lands Agencies Still Lack Leaders
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From: Audubon “More than two years after his inauguration, President Donald Trump has yet to fill the top posts at a trio of federal agencies that together oversee more than 400 million acres of public land. Since Trump took office, interim appointees who have not been confirmed by the ...
