TIMELINE: Everything we know so far about the investigations into David Bernhardt

Since 1964, the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) has helped protect critical landscapes within our national parks and increase recreational access to public lands across the country. Congress permanently renewed this key program in a sweeping bipartisan public lands bill this year, but did not provide any promise of funding‚ leaving the program subject to the whims of Congress each year. Now that LWCF will be around for the foreseeable future, what’s next for America’s most important parks program?

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 28, 2019 DENVER—Today, Acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt appeared before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee for his confirmation hearing to become Secretary of the Interior. In questioning, Bernhardt stated he would not extend his recusals covering his former clients in the oil, gas, and mining industries if confirmed by the […]

“These plans show that a handshake doesn’t mean anything to David Bernhardt unless it’s with an oil and gas executive. At Bernhardt’s direction, the Interior Department is breaking a landmark deal that was brokered by Western governors, ranchers, and conservationists—all to allow more drilling and mining.

After stocking his department with oil and gas lobbyists, Zinke goes full speed ahead on drilling and mining Last week, as most Americans celebrated Thanksgiving, the Trump administration quietly released two stunning reports detailing the current and forecasted impacts of climate change to the United States. The comprehensive studies concluded that the United States is […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 18, 2018 Updated analysis: Zinke is the subject of 18 open, closed, or requested investigations into his conduct DENVER—In response to today’s reporting by The Washington Post on a report from the Interior Department Inspector General into improper use of government vehicles by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and his wife Lola, […]