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. […]

After successfully lobbying the administration to gut Bears Ears protections for his former client, what will Acting EPA Administrator Wheeler do next? Perhaps because he is afraid of getting booted […]

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 […]

Following disgraced EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s resignation, Western Values Project – a Whitefish-based public lands watchdog group – released a side-by-side analysis of Pruitt’s and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s numerous […]

Western Values Project will run a newspaper ad in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle calling out Senator Steve Daines’ (R-MT) hypocrisy in voting to cut $16 million in funding to the […]

Western Values Project will run a newspaper ad in the Daily Sentinel calling out Senator Cory Gardner’s (R-CO) hypocrisy in voting to cut $16 million in funding to the Land […]

It’s been quite a week for Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke. Yesterday the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported it couldn’t determine whether or not Secretary Zinke broke the law […]

Statement by Western Values Project Deputy Director Jayson O’Neill on the announcement of an Inspector General’s review of a possible investigation into scandal-plagued Secretary Zinke using his official position for […]

Today, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke is returning to the Treasure State to discuss Payments In Lieu of Taxes (PILT) with local officials in Billings. The meeting will be […]