endangered species

Director of Science Policy; Northeast & Mid-Atlantic Director

Kyla first became involved with PEER in the mid-1990s when she became a whistleblower herself. She previously worked at the United States Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 for 10 years as a wetland permit reviewer and as the Region’s Wetlands Enforcement Coordinator. Kyla’s familiarity with science, the law, and the inner workings of state and federal governmental agencies enable her to assist public environmental employees throughout New England. She has a Ph.D. in ecology from the University of Connecticut and a law degree from Lewis and Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon.

Letter to DOI Inspector General – Exemptions of Habitat Protections

by Elizabeth Duan | January 9, 2024
DESCRIPTION: Letter to DOI IG Greenblatt to Update Request for Investigation (Into Exemptions of Habitat Protections) with New Information TO: Inspector General Mark Greenblatt, Department of Interior FROM: Timothy Whitehouse, PEER DATE: January 9, 2024       ...

Endangered Prairie Chicken Suffers Death by 1,000 Cuts

by Susan Sargent | December 19, 2023
New Mexico Oil & Gas Drilling Waivers Rubberstamped in LPC Range ...

Letter to USFWS – De-Listing of Hookless Cactus

by Susan Sargent | June 12, 2023
DESCRIPTION: Public Comment on removal of the Colorado Hookless Cactus from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife, Docket No. FWS-R6-ES-2022-0093 TO: USFWS FROM: PEER DATE: June 12, 2023 TAGS: Colorado, endangered species, FWS       ...

US budget riders compromise conservation

by Kyla Bennett | February 28, 2023
The use of appropriations riders as shortcuts to pass policies to circumvent environmental laws put endangered species at risk ...
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