ICYMI: Congressional Budget Compromise: One Small Step Forward, One Big Step...
Congress provides for Greater Sage-grouse Conservation; Reduces Funding for Popular Bipartisan Land and Water Conservation Fund The recent budget compromise to fund the government for the next five...
View ArticleCongressional Committee Promotes “Alternative Facts” In Hearing On National...
Today, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands held a hearing to present “alternative facts” in support of efforts to reduce or eliminate public lands. The hearing follows President...
View ArticleKoch Brothers & Special Interests Tell Senators to Vote Against Taxpayers
Yesterday 12 organizations, all with direct ties to the Koch brothers or oil and gas industry groups, sent a letter to the U.S. Senate urging them to use the Congressional Review Act (CRA) on the BLM’s...
View ArticleZinke “Political Stunt” Tour to Advance Anti-Public Lands Agenda Off to Rough...
As Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke visits Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments this week, Western Values Project Executive Director Chris Saeger released the following statement:...
View ArticleSen. Portman sticks Western taxpayers with the bill for his special interest...
An Ohio politician who represents a state with virtually no public lands is poised to make Western taxpayers pay for his long-running love affair with the oil and gas companies, by allowing them to...
View ArticleWestern Values Project Files FOIA for Portman Communications Ahead of Vote on...
Includes Former Registered Lobbyist for Industry Turned Portman Staffer Portman FOIA (Methane Rule) Western Values Project filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for all communications...
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ICYMI: After Ignoring Local Tribes, Sec. Zinke Snaps At Woman Requesting Meeting
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s “listening tour” continues to be met with protesters and locals wondering who exactly he is “listening” to. During his visit to Bears Ears yesterday, Secretary Zinke was...
View ArticleWVP statement on Senate’s courage on BLM rule sends a message to special...
Chris Saeger, Executive Director of the Western Values Project, released the following statement in response to the Senate’s refusal to advance a plan to reject the Bureau of Land Management’s rule to...
View ArticleICYMI: Sec. Zinke’s Rocky Utah Vacation
Zinke All Ears to Anti-Public Lands Extremists, Refuses to Hold Public Meetings on So-Called “Listening Tour” Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s taxpayer-funded tour of Utah’s national monuments this week...
View ArticleHypocrisy Alert: After faux outrage over lack of public input, Sec. Zinke...
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke canceled all Resource Advisory Council (RAC) meetings – an essential opportunity for the public to provide input on public lands. The move comes after a chorus of faux...
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Urban Cowboy Zinke: All (backwards) hat, no cattle
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke once again proved to be all hat and no cattle as he continued his taxpayer-funded scenic photo op of Western lands. If Secretary Zinke wants people to think he’s in touch...
View ArticleICYMI: Major victory for public lands In Nevada
Tt was reported that efforts to transfer millions of acres of federal public lands in Nevada has failed. From the Reno Gazette-Journal: A proposal for the federal government to unload millions of acres...
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Is Interior’s monuments review a sham or is Secretary Zinke making promises...
Utah Senator Mike Lee claims Bears Ears will be eliminated or “significantly” reduced In shockingly matter-of-fact comments, Utah Senator Mike Lee said during a tele-town hall that Bears Ears monument...
View ArticleWill Murkowski and Senate Committee Members hold lobbyist Bernhardt...
Western Values Project Launches Ad Campaign Calling On Murkowski To Do Her Job, Ask The Tough Questions During Hearing Today, Western Values Project is running a full-page ad in Politico calling on...
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Lobbyist Bernhardt hides history of pandering to special interests
Bush administration official-turned lobbyist obscures past mishandling of ethical missteps and cozying up to special interests in government role Nominee for Deputy Secretary of the Interior David...
View ArticleICYMI: FOIAs show Zinke cozying up to special interests
The Washington Post is reporting that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s “personal schedule shows industry chiefs have frequent access” to the secretary. More from the story: Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke...
View ArticleUpdate: News report confirms Secretary Zinke’s sham review of Bears Ears
After Utah Senator Mike Lee declared that Bears Ears monument will be eliminated or “significantly” reduced in size, E&E news is reporting that Zinke told anti-public lands critics that he’ll...
View ArticleZinke fails to “fight” for a better budget, praises cuts as eliminating...
Today, the Trump administration released a 2018 budget request that would gut funding for agencies that manage and protect our nation’s public lands. The proposal would slash the Interior Department’s...
View ArticleWVP files lawsuit after DOI fails to release public records on Bears Ears
Government accountability watchdog Western Values Project (WVP) today filed suit in federal court to force the release of documents from the Obama administration’s deliberations over the Bears Ears...
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