Press Releases

Administration Doubles Down Moves to Militarize U.S.-Mexico Border

Department of the Interior pushes anti-immigrant agenda.

ICYMI: Zinke’s Agenda Fails While He Angles Himself for a Presidential Run

Ryan Zinke continues to hide behind EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s ever growing list of scandals and legal violations as he extorts the American taxpayers to pay for his luxurious travel, pretends he’s a geologist (perhaps he’s been watching too much Seinfeld), and uses his position to set himself up for a future presidential run. While Zinke has been focusing on himself, he’s been failing in his attempts to further a dangerous agenda at Interior.

TONIGHT: Advocates to Seek Influence in Future of Lovell Canyon

Las Vegas, NV--  Tomorrow, the Forest Service will host a hearing on their “Focused Management Plan for Lovell Canyon” focusing on important conservation questions like the landscape’s recreation opportunities, maintenance requirements and preservation for future generations.

End of Scoping Period for Land Use Planning for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

Salt Lake City, UT -  Today concludes the scoping period for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. The planning efforts will focus only on areas designated in President Trump’s proclamation and will exclude almost a million acres of lands rich with sensitive resources. Sierra Club Utah helped generate over 8,700 public comments that stridently opposed the BLM moving forward with the planning process. Ashley Soltysiak, Utah Chapter Director made the following statement 

End of Scoping Period for Land Use Planning for 15% of Bears Ears National Monument

Salt Lake City, UT--  Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will close the public input period for the land use planning, for 15% of Bears Ears National Monument. The process would provide monument protection to the Indian Creek and Shash Jáa Units while excluding 85% of the original monument, leaving those areas vulnerable to drilling and mining and without adequate protection for the dense cultural and sacred resources. The comment period lasted a mere 45-days.

Conservation Groups Renew Opposition to Trump’s Attack on Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity and Western Watersheds Project today renewed opposition to President Trump’s illegal proclamation to strip protections from Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah. The conservation groups, which submitted comments as the first round of public input closes today, also criticized the Interior Department’s disregard for preserving irreplaceable objects of cultural and natural value and its destructive push for dirty fuel development.

Zinke Lies and Deceives to Cover-Up Potentially Illegal Actions and Attacks on Public Lands

Zinke's actions more questionable by the day.

*ADVISORY* Experts to talk Border Wall Effects on Communities and Wildlife

WHAT: A Sierra Club webinar featuring a panel of bilingual border issues experts to discuss strategies to build a unified environmental front to protect communities and wildlife on the border.WHEN: Thursday, April 12, at 1 pm ET (12 CT)

STATEMENT: Conservation Groups Appeal Border Wall Waiver Decision

Conservation groups appeal border waiver decision.

Thousands of People Speak Out Against Oil & Gas Leasing Near Great Sand Dunes National Park

DENVER, CO -- After just 15 days, today marks the close of the public comment period on a proposal by the Department of the Interior to open public lands near Great Sand Dunes National Park and the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness to destructive drilling, mining and fracking. The proposal is part of a nationwide effort by Interior Secretary Zinke to sell out public lands to the oil and gas industry. All of the parcels set to be auctioned off by Sec.