The Trump administration has quietly decided once again to allow Americans to import the body parts of African elephants shot for sport, despite presidential tweets decrying the practice as a “horror show.” President Donald Trump personally intervened in November when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service first said it would lift an Obama-era ban on elephants imported from Zimbabwe and. NBC Jan 18, 2018
Nine of the 12 members of the National Park System Advisory Board resigned this week out of frustration that the new heads of the Interior Department hadn’t met with them, NBC News reported. Tony Knowles, the board’s chairman since 2010 and a former Democratic governor of Alaska, said in an interview with Alaska Public Radio that he and eight other.
Arizona Oct 3, 2017
The Interior Department’s office of inspector general says it is investigating Secretary Ryan Zinke’s use of charter flights. Zinke disclosed last week that he has taken three charter flights, including a $12,375 late-night trip from Las Vegas to his home state of Montana. A spokeswoman for the inspector general’s office, Nancy DiPaolo, says the office is investigating. California Sep 29, 2017
The Federal Aviation Administration is banning drone flights within 400 feet (122 meters) of several national landmarks, including the Statue of Liberty and Mount Rushmore. The FAA announced the no-fly drone zones at 10 Department of the Interior sites on Thursday. They take effect Oct. 5. The restricted sites also include Boston National Historical Park, Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park.
Sixteen senior employees at the U.S. Department of Interior reassigned to new duties under President Donald Trump’s administration viewed their moves as political retribution or punishment for their work on climate change, energy or conservation, according to the results of an internal investigation released Wednesday..
However, investigators said they were unable to determine if anything illegal occurred because the agency leaders. Maryland Mar 16, 2018
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said “konnichiwa” when asked at a Thursday morning congressional hearing about a grant program that funds the preservation of Japanese-American incarceration sites, a remark some lawmakers have called “juvenile” and “outrageous,” NBC News reported. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, D-Hawaii, whose grandfathers were interned during World War II, asked Zinke if he would commit to continuing the grants,.
Arizona Oct 2, 2017
The Interior Department’s office of inspector general says it is investigating Secretary Ryan Zinke’s use of charter flights. Zinke disclosed last week that he has taken three charter flights, including a $12,375 late-night trip from Las Vegas to his home state of Montana. A spokeswoman for the inspector general’s office, Nancy DiPaolo, says the office is investigating. Philadelphia Sep 29, 2017
The Federal Aviation Administration is banning drone flights within 400 feet (122 meters) of several national landmarks, including the Statue of Liberty and Mount Rushmore. The FAA announced the no-fly drone zones at 10 Department of the Interior sites on Thursday. They take effect Oct. 5. The restricted sites also include Boston National Historical Park, Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park.
Sixteen senior employees at the U.S. Department of Interior reassigned to new duties under President Donald Trump’s administration viewed their moves as political retribution or punishment for their work on climate change, energy or conservation, according to the results of an internal investigation released Wednesday..
However, investigators said they were unable to determine if anything illegal occurred because the agency leaders. Maryland Mar 16, 2018
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said “konnichiwa” when asked at a Thursday morning congressional hearing about a grant program that funds the preservation of Japanese-American incarceration sites, a remark some lawmakers have called “juvenile” and “outrageous,” NBC News reported. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, D-Hawaii, whose grandfathers were interned during World War II, asked Zinke if he would commit to continuing the grants,.