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December 12, 2019 by

Everything is Going According to Trump’s Plan: The Bureau of Land Management Brain-Drain

Mass Exodus on Horizon as BLM Employees Hit Forced Relocation Deadline Today is the deadline for career public servants at the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to decide if they […]

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December 11, 2019 by

Corrupt Interior Secretary Bernhardt Far From Cleared of Multi-Faceted Ethics Investigation

Interior Made At Least 25 Policy Changes Benefitting Bernhardt’s Former Lobbying Clients Since 2017 Yesterday, Interior’s Inspector General gave Interior Secretary David Bernhardt a pass in their investigation into allegations […]

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December 10, 2019 by

STATEMENT: Top Interior Official Violated Federal Ethics Rules

Western Values Project’s Deputy Director Jayson O’Neill issued the following statement in response to an Interior Inspector General’s investigation that found that the department’s Assistant Secretary for Insular and International […]

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December 9, 2019 by

Watchdog Launches Mobile Billboard Highlighting Washington D.C.’s Most Corrupt Duo

Billboard Focuses on How David Bernhardt’s Former Clients are Calling the Shots at Interior Today, Montana-based public lands watchdog Western Values Project launched a mobile billboard titled ‘Corrupt and Corrupter’ […]

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December 5, 2019 by

Top Interior Nomination Halted over Offshore Drilling Concerns

MacGregor Has a Long History of Bowing to Oil and Gas Industry Demands; Potentially Perjured Herself in Front of Congress Kate MacGregor’s nomination to be Deputy Secretary of the Interior […]

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December 4, 2019 by

Grand Canyon Under Threat As Trump’s Nuclear Working Group Considers Allowing Uranium Mining

Pressure Mounts from Right-Wing Industry Groups to Revoke Protections, Allow Uranium Mining Around Grand Canyon Right-wing groups like the Heritage Foundation have previously recommended revoking the mineral withdrawal area, which would […]

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December 3, 2019 by

Interior Secretary Bernhardt Disregards Court Ruling, Pushes Oil Leasing in Protected Sage Grouse Habitat

Bernhardt Continues to Showcase His Alliances to His Former Extractive Industry Clients   The Interior Department will plow forward with oil and gas lease sales in critical sage-grouse habitat, despite a […]

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December 2, 2019 by

Oil and Gas Favors Continue During Trump Impeachment Proceedings

Under the Cover of Impeachment, Interior Secretary Bernhardt Greenlights An Offshore Oil and Gas Giveaway  Under the cloud of impeachment, Interior Secretary David Bernhardt is still doling out favors to […]

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November 26, 2019 by

The Clock is Ticking for the Senate to Fund Critical Public Lands Program

If Senate Does Not Pass Land and Water Conservation Fund Before New Year, Public Lands Funding Will Remain Uncertain   Just last week, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee passed […]

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November 25, 2019 by

BLOG: William Pendley Can’t be Trusted at the Bureau of Land Management

William Perry Pendley — a known anti-public lands zealot and acting director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) — is pushing for an official nomination to lead the BLM. […]

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