TONGASS TIMBER SALE SHORT ON TIMBER
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Susan Sargent | July 12, 2017
From: KTOO Public Media “Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, or PEER, based in Silver Spring, Maryland, has published Forest Service documents on its website detailing a review of timber sale contracts on the Tongass National Forest. This spring, PEER highlighted a Forest ...
AFTER PROMISING FIXES, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FACES RENEWED CRITICISMS OF TOXIC CULTURE
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Susan Sargent | July 10, 2017
From: Government Executive “The NPS culture is instead breeding corruption, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. Specifically, PEER accused the agency of shielding its malfeasant and poorly performing managers from proper discipline, despite clear evidence of ...
WATCHDOG GROUP CLAIMS ‘BIASED HIERARCHY’ PERSISTS AT NPS
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Susan Sargent |
From: Federal News Radio “An independent watchdog group says senior National Park Service officials have continued to receive immunity from disciplinary actions despite findings of misconduct. The charges leveled by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility continue the ...
Forest Service Wants to Pay More in Money-Losing Timber Sale
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Susan Sargent |
Alaska Region Urges Off-the-Books Cash to Logger to Sweeten Tongass Contract ...
Shutdown Threat Risks Stalling Work, Pushing Out Staff
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Susan Sargent | July 6, 2017
From: Bloomberg BNA “Jeff Ruch, the director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said in an email to Bloomberg BNA the logistics of closure were unclear. The prospect of deep funding cuts “raises questions as to whether CSB should open any new investigations no ...