Western Values Project Statement on Interior’s Faux Order on Public Access After Acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt issued a Secretarial Order on federal public lands disposal, Western Values Project Executive […]

Polling in Colorado shows Sen. Gardner at-risk of losing his constituents’ support by voting to confirm Bernhardt Western Values Project today released new statewide polling highlighting Colorado voters’ strong opposition […]

Polling in Arizona shows Sen. McSally at-risk of losing her constituents’ support by voting to confirm Bernhardt Western Values Project released new statewide polling highlighting Arizona voters’ opposition to Senator […]

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released Records of Decision on their final amendments to the 2015 sage-grouse conservation plans in seven Western states.

Western Values Project released a new analysis and public documents from the Utah Bureau of Land Management (BLM) obtained through the Freedom of Information Act showing the Trump administration ignored valuable input and recommendations by career officials when it illegally reduced Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument by one million acres.

In an attempt to whitewash the Trump administration’s abysmal record on public lands and wildlife, the President is expected to sign a major bipartisan public lands package.

The House of Representatives passed H.R. 1, the “For the People Act of 2019,” which addresses and aims to reform some of the most egregious ethical loopholes used by Trump administration appointees, including ex-lobbyist turned Acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, to benefit special interests and corporate lobbyists.

Ahead of Acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt’s confirmation hearings, the Department of Interior has yet again failed to comply with federal open records laws for official communications between Bernhardt, his former clients, Interior officials and other special interests.

E&E News is reporting that ethics watchdog Campaign for Accountability (CFA) submitted a complaint yesterday, February 19, to the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, Interior Inspector General (IG) and Interior’s […]

Following news that the Senate just passed a public lands package 92-8 that includes permanent reauthorization of the Land and Water Conservation Fund and that also protects millions of acres […]