Feds Promise Human Health Risk Assessment to Measure Harm to Community
From: San Francisco Bay View “With no evidence-based human health risk data to support its pronouncement, the Navy is the lead voice in a deafening echo chamber of government officials, health department representatives and mainstream media outlets who absurdly claim no risk to public ...
These Birds — and Federal Red Tape — Could Harm Great Lakes Fish Populations
From: Detroit Free Press “A federal judge’s ruling in 2016 halted wildlife management agencies from their practice of killing limited numbers of double-crested cormorants — sleek, black, diving, fish-eating seabirds — to control their populations. That ruling — and the lack ...
Improved Yellowstone Cell Service On the Way, Despite Objections
From: Yellowstone Insider “Improved Yellowstone cell service is on the way, as trails are closed to allow the installation of new antennas at the Mount Washburn Fire Lookout — but some groups are decrying the upgrades as an unnecessary intrusion into the Park’s bucolic nature.” ...
Yellowstone Park Continues to Improve Cell Service
From: Flathead Beacon “Bret De Young, the park’s telecommunications chief, said the Verizon Wireless project will improve the speed of wireless service, but won’t go so far as to allow streaming movies. He says people want to be able to check hotel reservations or use National Park ...
Is The Public Being Cut Out of Public-Land Decisions?
From: WyoFile “Congresswoman Liz Cheney and U.S. Sen. John Barrasso are contributing to an agenda that marginalizes or ignores citizen input on and participation in public land, wildlife and environmental issues, a chorus of critics says. Cheney’s recently introduced bill that would ...
Could New Software Speed Up FOIA Responses?
From: Government Executive “The Environmental Protection Agency, for example, recently told one requester that a spike in FOIA inquiries under now-departed Administrator Scott Pruitt has extended average processing times to 388 working days, according to the nonprofit advocacy group ...
