How the Federal Government Encourages Conflict BY SHAWN REGAN 01/06/17 The surprising acquittal of Ammon Bundy and six others in the trial over the armed occupation of the Malheur Wildlife Refuge in Oregon has once again elevated federal land issues to the national stage, and many questions remain. But despite all the media attention on the […]
How to Stop Sexual Harassment at Yellowstone
Why Are NPS and the Feds Incapable of Cleaning House? BY DAVID S. LEWIS 10-27-16 In House Oversight Committee hearings this summer, ranking Democrat Elijah Cummings looked back and forth across the panel, to his left and right, and across the hall, wherein sat or had sat National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis, Deputy Director […]
Yellowstone Whistleblower Attracts Federal Investigators
Office of Inspector General Asks Victims and Witnesses to Call Hotline: 800-424-5081 BY DAVID S. LEWIS As the direct result of a news report published in The Montana Pioneer in September about a Scandal in Yellowstone National Park, various federal investigations were alerted to alleged misconduct in Yellowstone National Park and directed investigators to interview […]
Feds Tried Repeatedly to Consult Standing Rock Sioux on Pipeline
Non Response From Tribe Undercuts Legal Protest BY CHRIS WHITE Court documents indicate the U.S. government approached the Standing Rock Sioux tribe more than 15 times prior to approving a hotly contested oil pipeline in North Dakota. The Army Corps of Engineers attempted more than a dozen times between 2014 and 2016 to discuss the […]