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Organizations Call on Trump Administration to Reverse Decisions from Tainted Monuments Review

Dozens of organizations have endorsed the following joint statement in response to reports about serious issues with the Department of the Interior’s national monument review:Monday’s report in the…

ICYMI: Interior Department Ignored Benefits of National Monuments

Internal Interior Department documents publicized today by the Washington Post confirm that Sec. Zinke’s department dismissed economic and other data that did not support his and Donald Trump’s…

Sierra Club Condemns Gosar Attempt to De-Fund Ironwood Forest National Monument

PHOENIX --  Rep. Gosar (R-AZ) has introduced an amendment to an Interior Department funding bill that would withhold funding to manage Ironwood Forest National Monument, de-facto stripping the…

Sierra Club Welcomes ANTIQUITIES Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Rep. Lujan Grisham introduced legislation to safeguard and enhance national monuments. The America’s Natural Treasures of Immeasurable Quality Unite, Inspire, and Together…

Sen. Barrasso Introduces Bill to Gut Endangered Species Act

WASHINGTON, D.C -- Sen. Barrasso today introduced a bill that would unravel the Endangered Species Act by weakening the reliance on sound science, giving authority over wildlife decisions to often…

Sierra Club on Passage of Senate Farm Bill

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Senate today passed a bi-partisan Farm Bill. Despite attempts to attach unpopular anti-environmental riders, the final bill remains focused on widely-supported food and farm…

ICYMI : Another Zinke Investigation Stonewalled by Lack of Information

The Government Accountability Office today sent a letter, released by U.S. Representatives Grijalva and Pallone, declaring the office is unable to issue a legal opinion on Zinke’s threats last year…

Rapid City Resists

Rapid City, South Dakota -- A crowd of concerned residents gathered today downtown to protest Interior Secretary Zinke’s failed public lands policies, including his efforts to reopen the Southwest…

TUESDAY: Rapid City Resists

Rapid City, South Dakota -- Secretary Zinke will be speaking to the Western Governors Association at Mount Rushmore, our nation’s preeminent monument, the morning of June 26. The irony of this venue…

ICYMI: Canadian Firm Stakes Claims in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

In an inevitable development, a mining company has laid claim to public lands within Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.  The claims for copper and other minerals sit on lands President…