by Katie Fite as published on CounterPunch.org The Bureau of Land Management has spent the pandemic churning out rapacious public land projects at breakneck speed. This includes egregious grazing decisions drastically increasing livestock numbers for powerful ranchers. After complaints, Idaho BLM Director John Ruhs responded that ranching was […]
by Jayson O’Neill as published on Western Values Project “It’s been no secret that Western governors have been frustrated with the actions taken by the Interior Department…” David Bernhardt, President Trump’s nominee for Interior Secretary, is so toxic that even former and current GOP governors publicly criticized Bernhardt […]
By Olivia Rosane, EcoWatch The Department of Interior’s (DOI) Office of Inspector General (OIG) is currently running three ethics investigations of Zinke One of the Department of Interior’s (DOI) internal watchdog investigations into Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke‘s behavior while in office has been referred to the Justice Department, which only […]
by John Wagner, Juliet Eilperin and Mark Berman as published on The Washington Post White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the “overzealous appeal” of the Hammonds’ original sentences during the Obama administration, which sent them back to prison, was “unjust.” President Trump on Tuesday pardoned father-and-son […]
story by Andre F. Miller as published on WestWise After failing to consult with governors or lawyers, the Interior Secretary has to withdraw plans yet again Last week, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke was forced to backtrack, having gone too far and too fast on three proposals that were overly […]
Reprint from 2009 by R.T. Fitch ~ Author/president Wild Horse Freedom Federation (Characters have changed, content/intent same this year as yesteryear) Through the Eyes of the Wild Ones (to be sung to the tune of “The 12 days of Christmas”) On the first day of Christmas, Ryan Zinke […]
By Meteor Blades as published on The Daily KOS “…there was heavy lobbying in favor of reducing the monument’s acreage by the owner of the nation’s only remaining uranium mill. …” Secretary of Interior Ryan “Dinky” Zinke has made it a point to declare that energy concerns had […]
Story by Jayson O’Neill as published on Western Values Project.org Unprecedented and unlawful plan to gut protections for iconic public lands a disturbing move In response to President Donald Trump’s announcement of historic reductions of protected public lands in Utah, Chris Saeger, executive director of the Western Values Project, […]
“In my outraged Opinion” by R.T. Fitch ~ Co-Founder/President of Wild Horse Freedom Federation It is not with a personal grudge, whim or politically charged prejudiced that I write about newly appointed Secretary of the Interior Ryan “Dinky” Zinke but instead it is with an all too clear […]
by R.T. Fitch, president/co-founder of Wild Horse Freedom Federation Finally, a bit of good news for our wild horses and burros; yesterday, November 20th 2017, the Senate Appropriations Committee released a draft version of their Interior Appropriations Bill with wording that maintains the current protection of our wild […]
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