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Read the full story in The Hill» The Trump administration is abruptly ending a decades-long program that trained national wildlife refuge managers with law enforcement capabilities to police often remote spots of public land. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced to employees on Sept. 21 that refuge managers who were also trained to police […]
Continue ReadingRead the full story in The Hill» Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is seizing on California’s wildfires to promote a policy long-supported by Republicans — that fires could be stopped if forests were logged. The former Montana congressman is poised to push the benefits of what’s known as forest management at an event with Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue in California on […]
Continue ReadingRead the full story in The Hill» A series of tweets President Trump sent in November promising to halt imports of elephant trophies blindsided staffers in his own administration and cut off months of planning to ease the import process, newly released emails show. Trump’s tweet to put “on hold” the highly controversial imports from […]
Continue ReadingRead the full story in The Hill» Kevin Chmielewski, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) whistleblower who played a central role in Scott Pruitt’s downfall at the agency, said he feels vindicated by the administrator’s departure. “I hate to take a credit for a man losing his job, but I guess I’d have to say that I […]
Continue ReadingRead the full story in The Hill» The Trump administration is systematically rolling back protections for endangered wildlife and expanding rights for hunters, winning cheers from sporting associations but worrying environmentalists who fear it will lead to the extinction of protected species. The National Park Service announced last week it would end an Obama-era protection that prohibited […]
Continue ReadingRead the full story in The Hill» Political infighting that has been a hallmark of the Trump White House is spreading to the rest of the administration — and to K Street as well. Bitter battles between people who are supposed to be on the same side have become a feature of President Trump’s Washington. The […]
Continue ReadingRead the full story in The Hill» The Interior Department is sending its law enforcement officers to help the Department of Homeland Security secure the U.S.– Mexico border, according to an internal email obtained by The Hill. The announcement from the U.S. Park Police (USPP) Planning Unit and National Park Service (NPS), sent last Thursday, says that […]
Continue ReadingRead the full story in The Hill» The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) appears to be in a state of massive upheaval following the departure of several aides and new allegations against the agency’s embattled administrator, Scott Pruitt. Four officials at the agency have stepped down in the past week, an exodus that has deprived Pruitt of […]
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Huge debris piles, homes full of mud and rugged terrain have created what many workers describe as among the most challenging rescue efforts they have faced MONTECITO, Calif.—Four days after a rainstorm unleashed mudslides here, sending house-sized boulders crashing into communities already worn down by a season of severe wildfires, officials and residents are still struggling to size up the […]
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Number of people being investigated as missing rises to 43; sheriff says ‘searching for a miracle’ MONTECITO, Calif.—Officials raised the number of people being investigated as missing after deadly mudslides in the area to 43 and ordered residents here out of their homes to ease movement for crews, reflecting a treacherous rescue effort. Santa Barbara […]
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