Zinke Memo: Interior Will Defer To States For Wildlife Management
From: Wyoming Public Media “In the memo Zinke asked Interior bureaus to examine and contrast state versus federal policies over the next month and a half, and then provide recommendations for policy changes that defer to states within 90 days. Zinke’s office did not return a request ...
Legal Battle Staves Off Trump’s Assault on Clean-Water Protections
From: Truth Out “Since taking office, Donald Trump has waged a relentless attack on the nation’s waterways, but his efforts to strip away protections for rivers and wetlands have run into a tide of legal resistance. One of Trump’s first environmental policy directives was to choke ...
Grand Teton Supe Tapped by Trump to Lead NPS
From: Grand Canyon Guide “Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said the organization has some concerns about Vela’s lack of transparency in park operations, among other things. In a news release issued Sept. 4, PEER listed a few of the ...
Overnight Energy: EPA Moves to Roll Back Methane Rule | FEMA Preps for ‘Dangerous’ Hurricane Florence | Trump Calls Puerto Rico Hurricane Response a ‘Success’ | Zinke Wants to Defer to States on Wildlife Rules
From: The Hill “In a memo Monday to officials in the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and other agencies involved in wildlife management, Zinke asked staff to find instances where policies for wildlife on federal land are more restrictive than rules for the states they’re in, and to ...
Zinke Seeks More State Wildlife Management on Federal Lands
From: Anchorage Daily News “”The Department recognizes States as the first-line authorities for fish and wildlife management and hereby expresses its commitment to defer to the States in this regard except as otherwise required by Federal law,” Zinke wrote in the memo to ...
Zinke Looks to Ease Some Wildlife Rules
From: The Hill “In a memo Monday to officials in the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and other agencies involved in wildlife management, Zinke asked staff to find instances where policies for wildlife on federal land are more restrictive than rules for the states they’re in, and to ...
