Zinke takes forestry fight to fire-ravaged California

Read 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 […]

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Pro-hunting Trump officials take ax to wildlife protections

Read 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 […]

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