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Trump’s latest executive order applies to more than the National Park Service. According to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), a nonprofit watchdog organization, it also impacts the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), which will now have just two people designated ...

And a 2023 Interior Department report, which emerged last year after the watchdog group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility sued to obtain a redacted copy, depicted Haskell as “severely dysfunctional.” The report concluded, in part, that the university had been ...

Dr. Kyla Bennett, the director of science policy for the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, is a professional advocate for workers facing exactly this type of mistreatment. Bennett previously worked at the EPA as wetlands enforcement coordinator in New England and says she ...

According to documentation shared by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), a nonprofit watchdog organization, the Trump administration has suspended normal spending authority, travel approvals and credit card purchases nationwide as part of an executive order for “ ...

A report issued Tuesday by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, or PEER, targets Trump’s executive order, issued last week, that mostly addressed spending on federal contracts and grants, but also called for clamping down on travel expenses and other issues. Trump’s order ...

While the reinstatement of seasonal workers provides temporary relief, the long-term impact of the cuts remains uncertain. With visitor numbers continuing to rise and full-time staff dwindling, many park supporters worry that the nation’s treasured landscapes could suffer from neglect ...