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August 2, 2019 by

In News Dump, Administration Deals Another Blow to Sage-Grouse Habitat Management Plans

U.S. Forest Service Releases Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) on Potential  Rollback to Protections After the U.S. Forest Service released their Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) on the proposed amendments […]

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August 2, 2019 by

New Report Details Extensive Conflicts of Interest as Interior Secretary Bernhardt’s Recusals are Set to Expire

Bernhardt’s Ethics Recusal Was Not Worth the Paper It Was Printed On When David Bernhardt joined the Trump Administration, he was required to recuse himself from work he had done […]

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August 1, 2019 by

Help us keep the pressure on

Last week we announced our multi-platform ad campaign calling on Senators Cory Gardner (R-CO), Steve Daines (R-MT), and Martha McSally (R-AZ) to permanently and fully fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund — America’s most effective public […]

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August 1, 2019 by

Bernhardt’s Former Powerful Lobby Firm Reaps Rewards of Interior’s Anti-Public Land Policies

As Bernhardt’s recusal list inches towards expiration, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck rakes in millions in combined revenue  Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt’s former lobbying firm made millions after he […]

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July 31, 2019 by

Senator Calls for Criminal Investigation Into Interior’s Nominated Solicitor for Lying About Public Records Political Meddling

After IG Office Confirmed Review of Investigation Into Interior’s Handling of Public Records Requests, Senator Puts Hold on Trump Nominee Today, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) called on the Department of […]

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July 29, 2019 by

Appointment of Anti-Public Lands Pendley to Top BLM Post is Dangerous

Full Background Research on William Perry Pendley, Interior’s New Acting Bureau of Land Management Chief Available Here Today, the Interior Department named William Perry Pendley to be the Bureau of […]

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July 29, 2019 by

Bernhardt’s “Recusal” Period a Boon to Former Clients & Special Interests

Megalobbyist turned Interior Secretary Bernhardt’s former clients profited greatly from his time in charge of the department  Former oil and gas lobbyist and conflict-ridden Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt […]

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July 26, 2019 by

Trump Releases Management Plan for Illegally Reduced Bears Ears National Monument, Ignoring Courts and Public Outcry

After Widespread Pushback, Trump Releases Management Plan After Historic and Illegal Reductions to Public Land Protections  The Trump administration released a management plan for the illegally reduced areas of Bears […]

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July 24, 2019 by

Trump Administration Short Hundreds of Wildland Firefighters With Peak Wildfire Season Approaching

Officials Identify Trump’s Historic Government Shutdown as Reason Interior Short Hundreds of Firefighters With wildfire season rapidly approaching across the West, information reported on by the Los Angeles Times found […]

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July 24, 2019 by

we need more than promises from Senator Gardner

For over five decades, the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) has been one of the most important and popular programs for protecting and conserving public lands, maintaining and creating parks and […]

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