Today the Supreme Court cleared the way for the federal government to transfer thousands of acres of national forestland including a Native American sacred site, to Resolution Copper a mining company owned by Rio Tinto and BHP. The land holds deep spiritual significance for the Western Apache tribe.

Anyone collating a book of his gaffs? Will be a bestseller!

it’s not over yet call your rep and Senators. urge them to maintain funding for USGS Ecosystems Mission Area."Without the U.S. Geological Survey Ecosystems Mission Area, we will lose the backbone of environmental and ecological monitoring in United States.Bird banding hunting and fishing info etc

One trick pony.

Trump orders end to federal funding for NPR and PBS In an executive order, President Trump directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop funding NPR and PBS, the nation's primary public broadcasters.

In an executive order, President Trump directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop funding NPR and PBS, the nation's primary public broadcasters.

Strengthening and Unleashing America's Law Enforcement to Pursue Criminals and Protect Innocent Citizens By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:Section 1.  Purpose and

And this:
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Report: Wildlife Refuge System 'at risk' with no units fully resourced amid DOGE uncertainty - WyoFile Federal trove of wildlife habitat that includes seven Wyoming units is in shambles, the department’s chief says.

This story paints a dire picture for the National Wildlife Refuge System.

“The nation’s 573 national wildlife refuges are at risk and not a single refuge has the resources it requires, according to a recent U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service inventory.”

wyofile.com/report-wildl...

Tell Your Senator(s) to Vote NO on the Silencing Americans Act Republicans are once again pushing what we’re calling the “Silencing Americans Act”, a dangerous bill that would create unnecessary obstacles for millions of eligible Americans trying to register to v...

Republicans want to restrict access to the ballot and eliminate online and mail-in voter registration. Tell your senators to reject the GOP’s voter suppression bill (especially if your senator is listed here):

KELLY (AZ)
WARNOCK (GA)
PETERS (MI)
SHAHEEN (NH)
HASSAN (NH)
CORTEZ MASTO (NV)
ROSEN (NV)

FAFO, Senator.

Hey, taxpayers! Just so you know, the loss of approx 1,000 employees due to harassment and denigration since January at the USGS alone adds up to about 20,000 *years* of experience and expertise that YOU paid for and that YOU benefited (past tense) from. How’s that for waste?

Thursday tips for U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Employees:

1) as hard as it is, show up today and tomorrow to honor those leaving due to Fork 2.0. Be present.

2) focus on one conservation and/or regular work activity that brings you joy.

3) give yourself and others space not to be at their best.

Secretary of the Interior Transfers Federal Lands Along New Mexico Border to the Army to Protect Resources | U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum traveled to New Mexico today to announce the emergency withdrawal and transfer of administrative jurisdiction over approximately 109,651 acres of federal land alo...

This is BLM not FWS, but it seems likely to be coming to our way.

Endangered species protections are being glossed over. “These lands serve as habitat for 23 federally endangered species..”

This is not good for anyone. This is not efficient.

Illegal crossings in these areas are at historic lows.

80+% of both Democrats and Republicans believe America would be better off if more Americans worked in manufacturing, but < 30% say that about themselves.

The bipartisan belief that America would be a better place if *other people* worked in a factory.

www.ft.com/content/8459...

Major budget cuts proposed for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration The agency forecasts weather, manages fisheries, and researches the world's oceans, atmosphere, and climate. The proposed budget cuts would slash the climate work entirely.

The agency forecasts weather, manages fisheries, and researches the world's oceans, atmosphere, and climate. The proposed budget cuts would slash the climate work entirely.

Trump Admin to Slice NASA in Half and Cancel New Telescopes The White House further plans to cancel upcoming plans for new telescopes to study the cosmos.

So long, space travel. The White House plans to terminate billions of dollars’ worth of ongoing and future National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) missions, effectively cutting the world-renowned scientific agency in half.
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-admin-...

White House outlines plan to gut NOAA, smother climate research The agency’s Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research would be “eliminated as a line office,” according to a memo from the Office of Management and

www.eenews.net/articles/whi...

Right, because Grandma is on X.

This is corruption, plain and simple.

NOAA Scientists Are Cleaning Bathrooms and Reconsidering Lab Experiments After Contracts for Basic Services Expire A Seattle lab has lost janitorial services, hazardous waste support, IT and building maintenance as it waits for the Commerce Department secretary to personally approve all contracts over $100,000.

NEW: NOAA scientists are cleaning office bathrooms and reconsidering critical experiments after the Commerce Department failed to renew contracts for hazardous waste disposal, janitorial services, IT and building maintenance.

By @lisalsong.bsky.social

Bureau of Land Management seems to no longer have a land ethic.

In Denver today.

Trump just announced tariffs so wide-reaching, they now cover a sub-Antarctic island group populated mostly by penguins and a Norwegian Arctic archipelago best known for its polar bears.

Absolute trash.

Also shelter.

Disasters bring Americans together— or used to. With this EO, the lack of organization will lead to deaths.

I think most of us can get behind local decision-making… but local capacity is not realistic.

Pay attention, this is dangerous (and stupid).

#Resist
#React
#Fight

Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away.

They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.

Hallie M. Daggett and her pack horse ready to leave the Eddy Gulch Station in the fal

International Women’s Day 2025, USFS web page honoring first woman fire lookout is gone:

www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r2/le...

Hallie M. Daggett was the first woman ever to be hired for a field position by the Forest Service and served 15 seasons.

@archive.org version: web.archive.org/web/20250206...