News Clips

From: Daily Inter Lake “Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in May 2016, when the agency was considering transferring the range, home to an estimated 350 bison, to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes.” Read more ...

From: KGVO “The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and a group called PEER (Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility) settled a lawsuit this week that focuses on a missing conservation plan for the National Bison Range. Though she’s not a public employee, Susan Campbel Reneau was ...

From: Vox ““The problem at EPA right now is there is a chilling effect on enforcement,” Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, told E&E News.” Read more . . . Read the PEER story ...

From: KPAX.com “Development of a Comprehensive Conservation Plan, as required by law, ran into a snag a couple of years ago when the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility filed suit. PEER was particularly worried when the Fish and Wildlife Service began floating the idea that ...

From: Great Falls Tribune “The settlement filed last week in U.S. District Court resolves a 2016 complaint from Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, or PEER, an advocacy group based near Washington, D.C.” Read more . . . Read the PEER story ...

From: Missoulian ““During the litigation, (Interior Secretary Ryan) Zinke decided against the transfer,” said Paula Dinerstein, attorney for Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), which led a long list of opponents to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Bison ...