Today, as scandals and ethics investigations swirl around him, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke will deliver the keynote address at the Koch-funded Steamboat Institute’s 10th Annual Freedom Conference & Festival. The […]

Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke has been traveling the great state of Colorado this week and on Friday, August 10, he will deliver an address at the Koch-backed Steamboat […]

Yesterday, the Senate passed a clean version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that was free of the dangerous sage grouse rider. The amendment, sponsored by Congressman Rob Bishop (R-Utah), […]

Today, on behalf of the Western Values Project, Democracy Forward filed suit against the Trump administration for failing to release documents detailing whether Deputy Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt has […]

In a breaking news story, the Washington Post is reporting that after the Interior Department accidentally released thousands of pages in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request […]

After Western Values Project filed suit against the Department of Justice (DOJ) for failing to respond to two Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests seeking information on efforts to change […]

The Department of Interior’s Office of the Inspector General will be opening a formal investigation to see if Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke committed any wrongdoing by chasing a sweetheart real […]

In the coming weeks, Congress could be forced to make a dangerous choice on whether or not to pit national defense against the conservation of iconic western lands and wildlife. […]

This morning, President Donald Trump pardoned Dwight and Steven Hammond, two ranchers whose arson convictions inspired the armed takeover of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in January 2016. The Hammonds were […]

A breaking CNN story, based in part on Western Values Project’s original research, reveals that with Scott Pruitt’s resignation, former D.C. lobbyist Andrew Wheeler’s promotion to acting administrator of the […]