Violence vs. Employees: News Releases

October 16, 2007  ATTACKS ON FISHING OBSERVERS RISE BY ALMOST HALF IN 2006 — Number of Reported Threat and Harassment Cases Nearly Triple Since 2004

August 29, 2007  HIGH SEAS HARASSMENT OF NOAA FISHING OBSERVERS ON RISE — As Incidents Proliferate, NOAA Stops Keeping Track

January 9, 2007  ABUSES AT NATIONAL BISON RANGE CONFIRMED BY INVESTIGATION — Threats, Intimidation and Safety Concerns Documented in Independent Report

December 14, 2006  FWS TERMINATES CONTROVERSIAL BISON RANGE AGREEMENT — Agency Rebuffs Efforts by Tribe to Assume Management of Entire Refuge in FY 2007

October 12, 2006  STAFF REBEL AGAINST HARASSMENT ON BISON RANGE REFUGE — Joint Complaint of Tribe Trying to Drive Off Staff in Order to Take Over Their Jobs

August 30, 2006  U.S. PARK POLICE AT LOWEST LEVEL IN MORE THAN A DECADE — Retirements Will Send Force Lower as Assaults on Officers Rise

June 26, 2006  ATTACKS ON FOREST SERVICE STAFF UP FIVEFOLD IN 2005 — Urban Ills Penetrating Deep into Backwoods as Law Enforcement Presence Shrinks

August 3, 2005  ATTACKS ON NATIONAL PARK LAW ENFORCEMENT HIT ANOTHER ALL-TIME HIGH — Ranger and Park Police Staffing Cannot Keep Up With Rising Security and Visitor Demands

August 25, 2004  ATTACKS ON NATIONAL PARK LAW ENFORCEMENT REACHES ALL-TIME HIGH — Understaffing Aggravated by Interior Department Diverting Officers, Money & Training

August 27, 2003  VIOLENCE AGAINST PARK RANGERS REMAINS HIGH — Two Deaths and 98 Attacks in 2002, NPS Assailed for Ignoring Growing Trend

August 26, 2003  MORE ATTACKS ON FEDERAL RESOURCE EMPLOYEES — Violence Against Forest Service, BLM and Wildlife Staff Rises for Third Straight Year

August 29, 2002  ATTACKS ON FEDERAL FOREST, FISH & RANGE WORKERS ON RISE — Forest Service Violence More Than Doubled in 2001

February 15, 2002  MCINNIS ECO-TERRORISM HEARING DIVERTS ATTENTION FROM REAL PROBLEMS — Gloria Flora Testifies

August 10, 2000  ATTACKS ON FOREST SERVICE & BLM WORKERS FALL BY HALF — Assaults, Acts of Arson and Threats Down in 1999, Agencies Report

August 8, 2000  THREATS & ASSAULTS AGAINST FEDERAL WILDLIFE STAFF — Fish & Wildlife Service Finally Begins Tracking Attacks on Employees

February 10, 2000  FOREST SERVICE COMPLAINTS IGNORED BY JUSTICE IN NEVADA — Nevada U.S. Attorney Among LeastResponsive in Nation

December 14, 1999  REFUGE MANAGERS REPORT HARASSMENT — National Wildlife Refuge Managers report threats