by Katie Fite as published on CounterPunch In early November, Oregon Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley introduced the Malheur County Empowerment for the Owyhee Act, an astonishingly awful public lands and wilderness Bill The bill is aimed at enriching ranchers and other local interests. It is the […]
Source: Western Values Project “DoI Violates Federal Law…what a shocker!” “Much of our research, at WHFF, and most of our articles including our White Paper are founded on the facts obtained through FOIA requests. This new NEWS is most disturbing, although not shocking considering the source.” ~ R.T. […]
by Jesse Prentice-Dunn as published on WestWise Public comment opportunity rings hollow as Interior staff don’t bother waiting for end of meeting to send official memo granting oil and gas industry wish These days, when the oil and gas industry says “jump,” Secretary Ryan Zinke’s Interior Department asks “how […]
by Greg Zimmerman as published on Westwise The secretary proposes draconian cuts to the Land & Water Conservation Fund Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has turned his back on Montana, a state he represented in Congress until last year. The latest example is his proposed 2019 Interior Department budget, […]
by Elizabeth Kolbert as published in The New Yorker Under Ryan Zinke, the Secretary of the Interior, it’s a sell-off from sea to shining sea. On his first day as Secretary of the Interior, last March, Ryan Zinke rode through downtown Washington, D.C., on a roan named Tonto. […]
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