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 ...
THE KILLING LAND
From: Craig Medred ““The essential conflict (now) is that Alaska encourages lethal removal of predators in order to increase the supply of game animals while the federal agencies are charged with sustaining all native wildlife – including predators,” argues the group Public ...
INTERIOR TO REVIEW RULES AGAINST KILLING BEAR CUBS AND WOLF PUPS WITH THEIR MOTHERS
From: Washington Post “Interior is pressing ahead right now despite a recent study by scientists for the state game department showing that predator control has little effect on the growth or decline of herds on which they prey. “We detected no convincing support for decreased wolf ...
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION EYES LOOSER PREDATOR CONTROL LIMITS ON FEDERAL LANDS
From: Alaska Dispatch News “”It’s certainly an attempt by the Trump administration to do away with these wildlife protection rules,” said Rick Steiner, a retired University of Alaska professor and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility board member. “I ...
WHISTLEBLOWER CASE SHOWS HOW TRUMP TRIES TO SILENCE SCIENCE
From: Inside Climate News “Jeff Ruch, Executive Director of the group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said Clement’s whistleblower arguments could face some challenges. Trump’s nominee for Special Council, who would likely decide Clement’s case, is ...
OPEN BURNS, ILL WINDS
From: Huffington Post “The truth is that those materials litter the American landscape like no other industry or source of pollution ever has. “The Pentagon is the most prolific and profound polluter on the planet,” said Jeff Ruch, the executive director of Public Employees for ...
ANALYSIS: IS GOV. RICK SCOTT FRIEND OR FOE OF THE ENVIRONMENT?
From: USA Today Network Florida “The Department of Environmental Protection has opened 75 percent fewer pollution regulation enforcement cases since 2011, according to agency data gathered by Florida Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.” Read more . . . Read the PEER ...
MORE THAN 5 YEARS ON, FAMILIES OF DEADLY GRAIN ELEVATOR BLAST VICTIMS STILL SEARCHING FOR JUSTICE
From: High Plains Public Radio “The U.S. attorney’s “lengthy squatting” on the Bartlett case precluded the pursuit of civil or administrative remedies against the company, said Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a nonprofit advocacy ...
SUSAN COMBS TO JOIN INTERIOR DEPARTMENT, AN AGENCY SHE OFTEN BATTLED
From: Austin American-Statesman “Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which advocates for government scientists, noted it was still unclear what Combs’ assistant secretary duties would include. But he said he was concerned about what he ...
COMMON SENSE DICTATES SAFETY FIRST WITH ARTIFICIAL TURF
From: Half Moon Bay Review “What is the problem? Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, put it pretty succinctly a couple years back in an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle: “The common sense concern is that this is just chopped up ...
FOREST SERVICE WANTS TO PAY MORE IN MONEY-LOSING TIMBER SALE
From: SitNews “After losing nearly $2 million on a major timber sale, U.S. Forest Service officials are pushing for additional payments to a Southeast Alaska logging company, according to documents posted Monday by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).” Read ...
TONGASS TIMBER SALE SHORT ON TIMBER
From: KTOO Public Media “Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, or PEER, based in Silver Spring, Maryland, has published Forest Service documents on its website detailing a review of timber sale contracts on the Tongass National Forest. This spring, PEER highlighted a Forest ...
AFTER PROMISING FIXES, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FACES RENEWED CRITICISMS OF TOXIC CULTURE
From: Government Executive “The NPS culture is instead breeding corruption, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. Specifically, PEER accused the agency of shielding its malfeasant and poorly performing managers from proper discipline, despite clear evidence of ...
WATCHDOG GROUP CLAIMS ‘BIASED HIERARCHY’ PERSISTS AT NPS
From: Federal News Radio “An independent watchdog group says senior National Park Service officials have continued to receive immunity from disciplinary actions despite findings of misconduct. The charges leveled by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility continue the ...
Shutdown Threat Risks Stalling Work, Pushing Out Staff
From: Bloomberg BNA “Jeff Ruch, the director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said in an email to Bloomberg BNA the logistics of closure were unclear. The prospect of deep funding cuts “raises questions as to whether CSB should open any new investigations no ...
WATCHDOG: PARK SERVICE MANAGEMENT NOT HELD TO SAME STANDARD
From: Federal Times ““In the Park Service, immunity for its managers appears immutable,” PEER Executive Director Jeff Ruch said in a release. He continued, saying that the only saving grace was that Caldwell had not been placed in charge of procurement and that “lower-level ...
STRUGGLING U.S. NATIONAL PARKS FLOODED WITH VISITORS
From: Environment News Service “An already thinning Bureau of Land Management is warned to get ready for further staff cutbacks, with possible buyouts if Trump targets are not met, according to agency documents posted June 21 by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, PEER, ...
LAWSUIT FILED TO FORCE USFS TO DISCLOSE THE FATE OF PROMISED TIMBER REFORMS
From: SIT News “One 2016 “Washington Office Activity Review” uncovered by PEER found that two large Tongass commercial timber sales each racked up big monetary losses. In addition, required inspections to prevent timber theft were bypassed. The review called for “an independent ...
OUT AND ABOUT: BLANKET PHONE COVERAGE PROPOSED FOR PARKS
From: The Spokesman Review “Yellowstone National Park would be blanketed with strong 4G cell coverage under a multisite expansion entering its final approval phase, according to comments filed this week by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).” Read more . . . ...
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