The DOI inspector general began investigating Zinke after an environmental group, Western Values Project, alleged the former secretary gave preferential treatment to a Utah lawmaker when redefining the boundaries of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Tim Pearce Daily Caller News Foundation Investigators…
“He has more experience in that building working on these issues than any predecessor,” Jon Hrobsky, an attorney who worked with Bernhardt in President George W. Bush’s Interior Department, told the Washington Examiner. “The uniqueness of David for this job…
The Interior Department issued a press release touting its accomplishments during year one. Free Range Report invites you to consider the list and share your opinions on these achievements. Are they good and do they expand freedom? Are they bad…
Ethan Lane, executive director of the Public Lands Council and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Federal Lands organization, said those groups are extremely disappointed. He said Zinke has talked about being a better neighbor, but that reintroducing as many as…
“Farmers and ranchers know the wildlife and the land they work better than anyone; it only makes sense that we would enlist them in conservation efforts,” said Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke. Jamie Parfitt KDVR GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES NEW ‘FLEXIBLE’…
His reasoning was that managers with their feet on the ground have the most knowledge of their resources in order to foster multiple use management, the mission of the Department of Interior. This decentralizaiton explains a lot of the pushback…
Located on the southeastern tip of the Alaska Peninsula, King Cove is subject to the area’s stormy weather that frequently forces the shutdown of the local airstrip. For decades, the village’s roughly 900 residents have had to rely on a…
“We’ve had a culture of sexual harassment. That era has come rapidly to a close,” he told The DC. “I have fired four individuals. They said I could. I did. I’ll fire 400 if I have to. We had a…
"Harsh weather conditions routinely ground planes and prohibit sea travel, isolating the residents of King Cove during medical emergencies. At least 19 deaths have been attributed to the lack of a safe and reliable transportation route to access emergency services."…
Economic ruin to some communities, encroaching urbanism, and progressive politics incompatible with the realities of rural life have resulted in bitter divisions across the West. The arid West is no place for a stinking D.C. swamp. Help drain it. Make…