Written by Anna Rose Ravenwoode as published on Lake County News “Because of decades of continued influence from cattle industry lobbyists, thousands of mustangs remain subjected to BLM and US Forest Service annual round-ups…” In Spring 1997, a nonprofit organization, named Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, published an […]
By BEN LEFEBVRE and ELIANA JOHNSON as published on Politico.com The news comes just a day after Trump told reporters that word on Zinke’s fate may come ‘in about a week.’ Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has been exploring potential roles with Fox News, the energy industry or other […]
“We’ve already seen Zinke put politics over science in Endangered Species Act decisions, from the Pacific walrus in Alaska to boreal toads in Colorado,” WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity sued the Trump administration today to expose a secretive program that denies Endangered Species Act protection to imperiled […]
By Juliet Elperin, Josh Dawsy and Lisa Rein as published on The Washington Post “…administration officials’ concerns have intensified as allegations have grown against Zinke” The White House is growing increasingly concerned about allegations of misconduct against Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, according to two senior administration officials, and […]
By Carol Walker as posted on Wild Horse Freedom Federation Federal Judge Stops BLM from Conducting Inhumane Wild Horse Sterilization Experiments Portland, OR (Nov. 2, 2018) — U.S. District Court Judge Michael W. Mosman today issued a preliminary injunction to stop the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from […]
By Damian Carrington as published on The Guardian The huge loss is a tragedy in itself but also threatens the survival of civilization, say the world’s leading scientists Humanity has wiped out 60% of mammals, birds, fish and reptiles since 1970, leading the world’s foremost experts to warn that […]
http://wildhorsefreedomfederation.org/news-alerts/department-of-the-interior-requests-massive-destruction-of-records/ SOURCE: altgov2.org (We are posting excerpts from the great work altgov2.org is doing to inform the public about government transparency issues.) A QUICK OVERVIEW: The Department of the Interior has made a massive request to National Archives Records Administration (NARA) to schedule records destruction across all of its agencies. […]
by Jonathan Thompson as published on High Country News Property rights lawyer Karen Budd-Falen will give legal counsel on wilderness, wildlife and many of the policies she’s spent her career attacking. The conservation community let out a collective sigh of relief earlier this year when Karen Budd-Falen, a […]
by Erik Molvar as published on CounterPunch.org Public lands managed by the federal government loom large in western politics, a defining topic dictating the political debate. Corporate interests – logging, grazing, and mineral extraction most prominently – have often succeeded in dominating that debate through their good-old-boy network […]
By Laura Singleton The Independent HEBER/OVERGAARD — Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests (ASNF) representatives are still unable to comment on the investigation into two dead horses found between Oct. 11 — 13 off of Forest Service Roads 50 in the ASNF. “There is no press release because the Forest Service […]
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