Ryan Zinke Archives

Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke talks to reporters on May 10th, 2017, in Kanab, Utah.

Environment

Why Ryan Zinke’s Plan to Raise Entrance Fees to National Parks Will Do Little to Actually Benefit National Parks

The secretary of the interior wants to raise user fees at the national parks. His proposal will hurt all but the wealthiest Americans, and it won't work.

Jimmy Tobias

Visitors walk along a path of Coastal Redwood trees at Muir Woods National Monument on August 20th, 2013, in Mill Valley, California.

Environment

Congress’ Latest Attack on the Antiquities Act Is Not About National Parks

Exaggeration and misdirection can only damage the conservation movement's credibility.

Jimmy Tobias

News in Brief

Entrance Fees for America’s Favorite National Parks Could Double

Amid budget cuts from the Trump administration, the Department of the Interior wants to up entrance fees and use the revenue to repair aging infrastructure.

Kate Wheeling

News in Brief

Ryan Zinke Took $12,000 Private Charter Flight

Zinke is the fourth cabinet secretary to come under fire for extravagant travel costs.

Emily Moon

Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke speaking in April of 2017.

Environment

The Coming Congressional Attack on the Antiquities Act

For the far right, Ryan Zinke's national monument review is just the beginning.

Jimmy Tobias

A hiker makes his way up a trail to Calf Creek in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument on May 10th, 2017.

Environment

Of Course Ryan Zinke Wants to Shrink Our National Monuments

A new report by Democrats on the House Natural Resources Committee outlines the partisan, industry-friendly nature of Trump's national monument review.

Jimmy Tobias

News in Brief

Ryan Zinke Recommends Changes to a ‘Handful’ of National Monuments

No word yet from the White House on whether or not Trump will accept Zinke's recommendations.

Kate Wheeling

Environment

Protected Under Obama, the Sage Grouse Finds Itself Once Again Under Threat

A new Department of the Interior report recommends rolling back parts of a compromise protection plan implemented less than two years ago.

Francie Diep

Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke talks to reporters before departing Kanab Airport on May 10th, 2017, in Kanab, Utah.

Environment

Will Trump Try to Sink Sage Grouse Conservation?

The Department of the Interior's sage grouse review is a big win for fossil fuel interests.

Jimmy Tobias

News in Brief

Kelly McCarthy’s Radical Pragmatism

State legislator Kelly McCarthy is seeking his party’s nomination to run in Montana’s upcoming special congressional election. He’s comfortable with his label as a moderate Democrat — but in a state that voted for Bernie Sanders in the presidential primary, will that label cost him a promotion?

Morgan Baskin