"Don't Blame Gators For Coastal Land Loss: Report"
"Eating alligators will not save Louisiana's wetlands."
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 01/26/2018
Natural Resources
Most Western Voters Oppose Trump All-Energy Public Lands Agenda: Poll
"New bipartisan polling finds widespread disapproval among Western voters of the Trump administration’s public land policies, including recent reductions to two Utah national monuments and the expansion of lands being made available for energy extraction."
Source: Salt Lake Tribune, 01/26/2018
Trump USFS Downgrades Review Of Obama Mining Ban Near Minn. Wilderness
"The Trump administration will curtail a detailed review of how cordoning off 230,000 acres of U.S. Forest Service land in Minnesota from mining development will affect a neighboring wilderness area, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post."
Source: Washington Post, 01/26/2018
"Interior: Zinke Juggles Park Service Leadership"
"Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke today [Wednesday] appointed P. Daniel Smith as the new acting director of the National Park Service, replacing Mike Reynolds, who's taking over as superintendent of Yosemite National Park."
Source: Greenwire, 01/25/2018
Charting the Year Ahead in Environment, Energy News
This is a decisive time on the energy and environment front, with challenges and confrontation expected over the consummation of the Trump deregulatory agenda. Our second annual issues guide provides a roadmap for covering the big stories. The guide's formal launch took place at an SEJ event in Washington, D.C. on January 26. If you missed it, the webcast is archived here.
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Governing May Not Come Naturally to Trump Agencies in 2018
The effectiveness of Trump administration governance looms large in environment stories for 2018, and this week's TipSheet looks at flash points like an Interior Department reorg and the reshaping of the EPA, plus budgets and shutdowns. Ideas to help you cover the story.
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Zinke Signs Land-Swap Deal For Road Through Alaska’s Izembek Wilderness
"Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke signed a land-swap agreement Monday to allow a small, remote Alaska town to construct a road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, a vast wilderness area that has been protected for decades."
Source: Washington Post, 01/23/2018
"Wisconsin Tribe Files Lawsuit Over Mine Permitting On Sacred Land"
"The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin today filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency claiming the agencies have failed to take 'primary responsibility' for wetland permitting on a controversial proposed open pit mine in Michigan's Upper Peninsula."
Source: EHN, 01/23/2018
Scientists Peek Inside 'Black Box' Of Soil Microbes To Learn Secrets
"A tablespoon of soil contains billions of microscopic organisms. Life on Earth, especially the growing of food, depends on these microbes, but scientists don't even have names for most of them, much less a description."
Source: NPR, 01/19/2018
Trump DOI Weighs Keeping Natl Parks Open Even If Government Shuts Down
"As a Friday deadline for a government shutdown approached, the Trump administration began setting plans in motion to halt scores of federal functions — even as it scrambled to keep hundreds of national parks and monuments open to the public to minimize anger over the disruption of services."
Source: Washington Post, 01/19/2018
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