Department of Interior

  • Interior Update: Pelosi offers Grijalva powerful seat on Ways & Means Committee

    Brian Ertz

    Update 12/12 : Another Endorsement for Grijalva – Rep. Grace Napolitano backs Grijalva Update 12/12 : Another strong Endorsement for Grijalva – Raul Grijalva Great Choice of Secretary of Interior – Howard Shanker – Huffington Post : Once the land is gone or ruined, it cannot be bailed out by throwing money at it. The Secretary…

  • Next on Obama's Dance Card, Mother Nature

    Ralph Maughan

    Next on Obama’s Dance Card, Mother Nature Here is the latest speculation on USFA, DOE, DOI, and EPA. By Al Kamen. Washington Post. Thompson does have a 92% rating by the League of Conservation Voters. I found this on Thompson. It is from his campaign, so what he thinks would help him get reelected. Mike…

  • EPA, Interior Dept. Chiefs Will Be Busy Erasing Bush's Mark

    Ralph Maughan

    Huge transformation expected- EPA, Interior Dept. Chiefs Will Be Busy Erasing Bush’s Mark. By Juliet Eilperin. Washington Post Staff Writer. Few federal agencies are expected to undergo as radical a transformation under President-elect Barack Obama as the Environmental Protection Agency and the Interior Department, which have been at the epicenter of many of the Bush…

  • Kempthorne unveils species banking system

    Brian Ertz

    Secretary of the Interior Kempthorne unveiled the Fish and Wildlife Service’s new “credit” and “banking” system for threatened and endangered species protections. The idea is that federal agencies will be allowed to take actions that inflict damage to protected species populations on federal land if they have accrued enough “credits” from conservation programs on private…

  • Reid confirms Laverty while Wyden welcomes twins

    Brian Ertz

      Oregon Senator Ron Wyden’s hold on Lyle Laverty’s appointment as assistant Interior secretary for fish, wildlife and parks was broken when Senator Harry Reid pushed the confirmation through while Wyden was away from the Senate welcoming the arrival of his newborn twins.    

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‎”At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour.”

Edward Abbey

“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.”

Jim Fowler

“Our forests offer much more than just beautiful landscapes and wildlife. Each one has a different story to tell.”

Raveena Tandon

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