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THE COST OF THE BIGHORN COMEBACK

by PEER | June 5, 2017
From: High Country News “(Becky Pierce) filed a complaint against Stephenson and the department with the California branch of the watchdog group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility in 2010. Later that year, a state legislative counsel concluded that snares were indeed ...

COALITION SAYS COYOTE-KILLING CONTESTS IN WISCONSIN NEED REINING IN

by PEER |
From: Wisconsin Public Radio “”It is easy, for even trained biologists to mistake coyotes for wolves, and in many instances wolves are being killed through a more or less reckless hunting practices of coyotes, ” Carlesco said Thursday. Carlesco said the U.S. Fish and ...

THE EPA FACES MASSIVE CUTS

by PEER | June 1, 2017
From: Vice ““It’s a wholesale war on the environment. That’s never happened before,” said Kyla Bennett, who worked at the EPA for almost a decade and now works for Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, an environmental government watchdog organization.” Read ...

EXPERTS: TRUMP BUDGET WOULD DRASTICALLY CUT ISLE TSUNAMI PROTECTIONS

by PEER |
From: Hawaii News Now “President Trump’s proposed budget cuts to tsunami warning systems would put thousands of lives at risk, Hawaii tsunami experts say.” Read more . . . Read the PEER story ...

HE PLOWED HIS FIELD AND GOT HIT WITH A $2.8 MILLION FINE. WILL TRUMP RESCIND IT?

by PEER |
From: The Sacramento Bee “Trump’s actions will “eliminate protection for millions of acres of wetlands and many of our streams,” said Kyla Bennett, a former Environmental Protection Agency wetlands official now with a group called Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility ...

ZINKE’S INTERIOR DEPARTMENT REVERSAL SENDS BISON RANGE MANAGEMENT PLANS BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD

by PEER |
From: Missoula Independent “”Now it is time for the Fish & Wildlife Service to put its money where its mouth is by committing sufficient resources to not only complete a good plan but also, and more importantly, to implement that plan,” PEER senior counsel Paula ...
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