The biggest whoppers from Ryan Zinke’s softball media tour of Montana

How we can conserve wildlife corridors to safeguard the West’s wildlif The West has long been lionized for its wide open spaces, vast rangelands, and rugged forests. But growing development is threatening that iconic Western vision. We lose a football field of natural land every two and half minutes to highways, subdivisions, and oil and gas well […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 12, 2018 DENVER—Today, the Bureau of Land Management auctioned leases to 2.85 million acres in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska for oil and gas development. Approximately 6 percent of the total acreage offered received bids from the industry. The lease sale netted a paltry $1.5 million, with leases selling for […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 16, 2018 DENVER—In response to reports that the Trump administration has suddenly placed a political appointee as the top watchdog overseeing the Interior Department, the Center for Western Priorities released the following statement from Media Director Aaron Weiss: “It’s completely inappropriate to put a political appointee with no oversight experience in […]

Panel stacked with oil, gas, and coal companies set to recommend lowering royalties on offshore drilling DENVER — The Interior Department’s Royalty Policy Committee is scheduled to meet Wednesday in Houston, Texas. The advisory committee, reassembled by Secretary Ryan Zinke and comprised primarily of representatives from energy companies and state governments with significant energy interests, […]

In an interview with the Heritage Foundation’s Daily Signal this afternoon, Secretary Zinke blamed “the resistance movement” for the lack of Senate-confirmed positions filled at the Department of Interior. Yet he’s failed to nominate more than half (10 of 14) of the open positions.