Letter to DOI Inspector General – Wildlife Funding vs. Timber Harvest

by | October 12, 2023
DESCRIPTION: Letter to Department of Interior Inspector General regarding misallocation of Pittman-Robertson and Dingell Johnson Funding in Minnesota TO: Inspector General Mark Greenblatt FROM: Tim Whitehouse, PEER DATE: October 12, 2023 TAGS: Pittman-Robertson, Minnesota, Wildlife ...

Paid administrative leave still plagues the federal workforce

by Federal News Network | October 11, 2023
We’ve had several clients who were put on extended administrative leave without any guidelines, any boundaries on that administrative leave. In a prominent case, we represented a former managing director of an agency who was put on leave by his agency, paid for three years, which was ...

Efforts to bring black bear hunting season back to Louisiana

by Louisiana Radio Network | October 9, 2023
McPherson said if the commission chooses to bring black bear hunting season back it wouldn’t be until the 2024-2025 season. He said it will be a limited hunt so not many animals will be taken initially. “And it will be strictly controlled and hopefully this will be one of Louisiana’s ...

Water board delays decision on SSFL discharge permits

by Simi Valley Acorn | October 7, 2023
Jeff Ruch, director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, argued that the revised permit would not adequately protect communities downstream. Ruch raised concerns about more than 300 chemicals at SSFL not being covered by the proposed permit, the absence of discharge limits ...

Louisiana Wildlife Commission sets stage to create hunting season for iconic ‘Teddy’ bear

by Shreveport Times | October 6, 2023
But a 2018 lawsuit led by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) with co-counsel Atchafalaya Basinkeeper said the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service used “false assumptions and shoddy science” to make its decision for removal. It contends the bears still need ...
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