Letter to the Editor: A Response to Chris Stewart’s and Mike Lee’s Letter on Wild Horses
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Susan Sargent | May 23, 2019
From: St. George News “As a Utah constituent located in Utah’s 2nd Congressional District, I will not – nor will I ever – consider Chris Stewart the “wild horse guy.” I would, however, consider him so deep in the pocket of the USDA, he wouldn’t even be able to tell the ...
Forest Service Chief: Agency Auditing Alaska Region Timber Program
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Susan Sargent |
From: KFSK “The chief of the U.S. Forest Service has responded to the Petersburg borough that the federal agency is conducting an audit of the timber program on national forest land in the Alaska Region. Vicki Christiansen’s May 8th letter to borough mayor Mark Jensen apologizes ...
The Administration Tried to Muzzle this Scientist on Climate Change. But He Won’t Go Away
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Susan Sargent |
From: Washington Post “Last week, Luber was in Washington to accept one of six Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Awards. The prizes were established in 1979 by Christie Hefner and named for her father, who founded Playboy magazine. (I was a member of the 2019 judging panel.) Luber, who ...
Yellowstone Connectivity Upgrades Inevitable: Sholly
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Susan Sargent | May 17, 2019
From: Yellowstone Insider “In an ideal world, visitors would turn off their cellphones during their Yellowstone National Park visits, preferring to commune with nature and patiently await an Old Faithful eruption or two. And, indeed, many visitors do indeed adopt this approach to a ...
Ethics Experts Explain How to Protect Taxpayers From Pruitt-Like Scandals
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Susan Sargent |
From: Think Progress “Among its more than a dozen recommendations, the OIG says the EPA should recover these funds from the “responsible official or officials.” Ten of the 14 recommendations in the report remain unresolved, however, and in its response, the EPA asserted that ...