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BLM and Forest Service officials say they have little
power to prevent drilling in an area once it’s been
OK’d for leasing, but critics say the government simply
refuses to use its power
by Jodi Peterson,
Jul 16, 2008
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If outgoing Interior Secretary Gale Norton didn’t
receive a push out the door, she certainly deserved one after her
involvement in the sleazy Jack Abramoff scandal
by Jon Margolis,
Jul 16, 2008
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New Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne junks Gale
Norton’s controversial Park Service proposal; New
Mexico’s Nantac Mexican wolf pack killed; Justice Department
removes Judge Royce Lamberth from Indian trust case
by Jodi Peterson,
Jul 24, 2006
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Newly appointed Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne has a
chance to use his deal-making abilities to bring change to the way
Western public lands are managed
by Rocky Barker,
Jun 12, 2006
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Outgoing Interior Secretary Gale Norton has opened the
door for counties and states to claim control of roads crossing
federal lands
by Matt Jenkins,
Apr 17, 2006
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The writer tells of an unexpected encounter with Interior
Secretary Gale Norton, and the conversation that ensued
by Terry Tempest Williams,
Jul 16, 2008
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Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner John Keys resigns;
Phoenix finally gets some rain, but drought continues; Bonneville
Power Administration must keep the Fish Passage Center open; Forest
Service looks to outsource more jobs
by Matt Jenkins,
Apr 03, 2006
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A behind-the-scenes look at the struggle over critical
habitat reveals the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to be an agency
at war with itself
by Tony Davis,
Feb 20, 2006
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In Cities in the Wilderness, former
Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt makes an eloquent argument for
more enlightened federal land-use planning
by Gary Wockner,
Jan 23, 2006
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Illegal killing of grizzlies seems to be increasing in the
Northern Rockies even as Interior Secretary Gale Norton announces
plans to take Yellowstone’s bears off the endangered species
list
by Michelle Burkhart,
Jul 16, 2008