AP NEWSBREAK: PENALTIES FOR YELLOWSTONE WORKERS IN MISCONDUCT
From: WSB TV Atlanta “”The park service still doesn’t get it,” said Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. “Generally, the high-level managers and supervisors escape responsibility and (the agencies) are more than ...
INTERIOR NOT TOP-HEAVY ENOUGH TO RELIEVE FIELD
From: Los Alamos Daily Post ““Not only are there fewer staff in many of these central offices, but the number of parks and refuges they support and the complexity of the management issues they face have both grown substantially during the past decade,” stated PEER Executive Director ...
PEER: NPS SUPERINTENDENT IN SEXUAL HARASSMENT CASE TRANSFERRED TO LARGER PARK
From: National Parks Traveler “Despite the National Park Service’s pledge to take a zero tolerance approach to sexual harassment incidents, a park superintendent accused of inappropriate behavior against a female employee was transferred to a larger park and had received a cash ...
REPORT: FLORIDA PARK OFFICIAL INAPPROPRIATELY TOUCHED WORKER
From: San Francisco Chronicle “”the full report was released last week through a public records request from Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a group that advocates on behalf of government employees. Investigators with the inspector general forwarded evidence to ...
INTERIOR NOT TOP-HEAVY ENOUGH TO RELIEVE FIELD
National Park and Refuge HQ and Regional Offices Smaller Than Under Bush ...
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT ORDERS NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TO RECONSIDER HUNTING REGS IN NATIONAL PRESERVES IN ALASKA
From: National Parks Traveler “The directive to the Park Service drew immediate condemnation from the National Parks Conservation Association President and CEO Theresa Pierno. “U.S. Interior Department Secretary Ryan Zinke’s directive to the National Park Service is shameful. The ...
