DESCRIPTION: Letter to the U.S. Geological Survey regarding the GAP classification of the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni–Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument TO: David Applegate, Ph.D., Director, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) FROM: Western Watersheds...
DESCRIPTION: Letter to U.S. Department of the Interior and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management regarding the National Interagency Seed and Restoration Center TO: Secretary Deb Haaland, U.S. Department of the Interior and Director Tracy Stone-Manning, Bureau of Land...
Evaluating Trends in Rangeland Health on Bureau of Land Management Lands Overview The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) plays a pivotal role in managing extensive public lands allocated for livestock grazing, overseeing approximately 155 million acres of grazing...
Big Countdown & Important Changes at PEER With six months until a crucial national election, PEER is working in overdrive to prepare for all possibilities. With that in mind, we thought now would be an appropriate time for an update on the status of eleven PEER...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, May 14, 2024 CONTACT Kevin Emmerich [Basin and Range Watch] (775) 764-1080 [email protected] Chandra Rosenthal [PEER) (303) 898-0798 [email protected] Corridor Through Monument Rerouted for Mining Claim Transmission Line...
Countdown for PEER’s Regulatory Petitions With about six months until a crucial national election, now is an appropriate time for an update on the regulatory petitions that PEER worked on this year. These petitions request that a federal agency propose and adopt rules...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, May 8, 2024 CONTACT Jeff Ruch [email protected] (510) 213-7028 LAUSD Faces Federal, State, & County Pesticide Violations School District Hobbles Independent Pesticide Oversight Committee Function Washington, DC — In the past...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, May 2, 2024 CONTACT Kyla Bennett [PEER] [email protected], (508) 230-9933 Stephen Miller [IIT] [email protected], (207) 734-6907 Maine’s Sears Island Causeway Permit Probed Possible Missing Culvert Could Be a Permit...
New Integrity Policies Exhibit Old Problems This commentary was originally published in the Spring 2024 edition of PEEReview. Days after his inauguration, President Biden directed all federal agencies to strengthen their scientific integrity policies to Trump-proof...
DESCRIPTION: Letter to BLM Director Stone Manning and Attorney General Garland Requesting to Meet Regarding BLM’s Backlog of FOIA Requests TO: Director Tracy Stone Manning, Bureau of Land Management, and Attorney General Merrick Garland FROM: PEER, Western...
Let’s Heal Our Degraded Public Lands Now! Last week, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published a rule designed to elevate the importance of conservation on the 245 million acres of land it manages. This rule is part of a suite of new rules, recently completed or...
DESCRIPTION: Letter to U.S. House Representatives Regarding Opposition to H.R. 615 TO: U.S. House Representatives FROM: PEER, American Bird Conservancy, Earthjustice, Oregon Wild, Western Watersheds Project, and 17 other organizations DATE: April 29, 2024 TAGS: DOI,...
What will BLM’s new Public Lands Rule Mean for Conservation? Last week, the Department of the Interior announced a final rule designed to elevate conservation to equal status with traditional energy development, resource extraction, and grazing agenda on lands managed...
EPA’s Seresto Decision is Harmful to Your Pet Back in 2012, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approved the popular Seresto pet collar to control fleas, ticks, mosquitoes, and other pests. Almost immediately, EPA started receiving “incident reports” from the...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, April 22, 2024 CONTACT Jeff Ruch [email protected] (510) 213-7028 Laura Dumais [email protected] (202) 792-1277 Report on Abuse of Indian Students Finally Surfaces Lawsuit Pried Haskell School Probe Out of Bureau of Indian Education ...
We’re Making Progress Together Spring is the season of rebirth, renewal, and regrowth. That is why I am delighted to share with you some important progress PEER has recently made. One piece of good news comes from the state of Maine, which has backed off its plan to...
The Park Service Should Not Be Subsidizing Multi-Billion Telecoms to “Wire” Our National Parks Legislation is advancing in Congress as part of the Explore Act to require the National Park Service to provide broadband and cellular access in every park where there is a...
