Wildlife Refuges Eliminate Part-Time Law Enforcement Officers
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Susan Sargent | October 4, 2018
From: The Missoula Current “The American ideal of the friendly public-land ranger still persists, complete with Smoky Bear hat and horse companion. But by the end of this year, the reality will forever change on national wildlife refuges, leaving those lands with a little less protection ...
Trump Administration Abruptly Ends Key Law Enforcement Program at Wildlife Refuges
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Susan Sargent | October 2, 2018
From: The Hill “The nation has 562 national wildlife refuges spread across 20.6 million acres of public land. Unlike national parks, mining, drilling, hunting and farming are all regulated activities on certain refuges. “Our dual-function officers were an integral aspect of refuge ...
Helicopter Noise Suit Goes to Appeals
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Susan Sargent |
From: West Hawaii Today “The lawsuit seeks an injunction for the FAA to implement the Air Tour Management Plan over Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, something both the FAA and the National Park Service has failed to do for 18 years despite Congressional legislature, said Bob Ernst, ...
Trump Admin Touts Children’s Health Programs Amid Questions About Ousting Top Scientist
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Susan Sargent |
From: ABCNews “”Children’s health is a top priority at EPA, and we have made tremendous progress improving air and water quality and helping kids and families lead healthier lives,” Wheeler said in a statement Monday. Advocacy groups, however, say they have doubts about the ...
EPA Makes Changes at Research, Child Health Offices
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Susan Sargent | September 28, 2018
From: CNN “Michael Halpern with the Union of Concerned Scientists, which has opposed other Trump administration moves, said combining the offices would bury a once-influential position “deep inside one specific part of EPA.” In past administrations, the science advisor has ...
US Government Officials Visit, Learn About Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
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Susan Sargent |
From: Char-Koosta News “CSKT employees were escorted off the National Bison Range by armed officials and locked out pending an investigation of the claims. CSKT Vice Chairman Leonard Grey worked as a volunteer at the time and recalled his experience to Sweeney. “It was truly an insult ...