National Park Service

Following are PEER news releases, white papers, surveys and other activities for National Park Service:
News Releases
September 30, 2009  THE LAST INDIAN TRADER RUINED BY PARK SERVICE INCOMPETENCE — Lawsuit Filed to Unearth Suppressed IG Report into Agency Misconduct
August 26, 2009  MISHANDLED ASBESTOS SPURS CRIMINAL COMPLAINT AT GRAND TETON — Public Health Imperiled by Park’s Illegal Asbestos Removal, Transport and Storage
June 16, 2009  CHAMBERS WINS APPEAL AGAINST U.S. INTERIOR DEPARTMENT — Privacy Act Violation for Bush Officials Destroying Favorable Personnel Evaluation
May 14, 2009  TERESA CHAMBERS FINALLY TESTIFIES BEFORE CONGRESS — Long Ordeal of “Honest Chief” Underscores Need to Reform Whistleblower Laws
May 13, 2009  OLD FAITHFUL VANDALS CAUGHT ON WEBCAM — “Geyser Gazers” Call in Violation in Yellowstone’s First Cyber-Enforcement Case
May 1, 2009  NATIONAL PARKS SHOULD STICK TO THEIR GUNS ON LEAD AMMO BAN — Diverse Coalition Urges Secretary Salazar to Meet Goal of Going Lead-Free by 2010
April 20, 2009  PARK SERVICE PROTESTS BIG SOLAR EXPANSION IN NEVADA DESERT — National Parks Will Suffer from Water Withdrawals, Pollution and Habitat Loss
April 14, 2009  PLIGHT OF WHISTLEBLOWERS SHOWS NO IMPROVEMENT — Federal Employees Face Blackballing and Career Derailment for Reporting Problems
March 26, 2009  NATIONAL PARK LEAD AMMO BAN IN DOUBT — NRA Goes Ballistic on Gun-Shy Obama Administration
December 18, 2008  BUSH PLAN FOR NATIONAL PARK MOUNTAIN BIKE EXPANSION UNVEILED — Lame Duck Rule Opens Park Backcountry and Proposed Wilderness to Bike Trails
November 24, 2008  NATIONAL PARK CULTURAL PRESERVATION PROGRAMS IN TATTERS — NAPA Finds Historic Resources “at Risk” due to Low Support and Poor Leadership
September 18, 2008  MORE CELL TOWERS, WI-FI AND WEB-CAMS COMING TO YELLOWSTONE — New Plan Extends Large Electronic Footprint across Yellowstone’s Iconic Sites
August 19, 2008  PARK SERVICE WAVES WHITE FLAG ON LITTLE BIGHORN VISITOR CENTER — Lawsuit Halted Plan to Build a Theater at Base of “Last Stand Hill”
July 31, 2008  LAWSUIT TO BLOCK THEATER AT LITTLE BIGHORN’S LAST STAND HILL — Retired Park Historians and Superintendents Say Structure Will Obscure Battlefield
July 24, 2008  PARK SERVICE CLEARED IN POINT REYES OYSTER OPERATION COMPLAINT — Environmental Effects of Industrial Shellfish Operations Remain Murky
June 30, 2008  SUPREME COURT DECISION SCRAMBLES NATIONAL PARK FIREARM PLAN — Many State Laws Will Be Subject to Legal Challenge and Uncertainty
June 26, 2008  POACHING IN NATIONAL PARKS WILL RISE UNDER OPEN FIREARMS PLAN — Rules Will Be Ensnared in Lawsuits for Failure to Review Environmental Impacts
June 17, 2008  MOUNTAIN BIKE GROUP WANTS ACCESS TO PARK BACKCOUNTRY TRAILS — NPS Director Appears This Week at International Mountain Biking Convention
June 11, 2008  INTERIOR STIFLES GRAND CANYON PARK CALL FOR MORE RIVER SURGES — Colorado River to Be Managed for Maximum Power Generation Not Wildlife Benefit
May 23, 2008  LAST STAND FOR THE MOJAVE CROSS? — Supreme Court Only Option to Stay Removal of Giant Cross after 9th Circuit Ruling
May 19, 2008  NEW BATTLE AT THE LITTLE BIGHORN — Planned “Temporary” Visitor Center in Center of Battlefield Draws Historians’ Ire
April 23, 2008  WHY NATIVE YELLOWSTONE BISON STAY IN THE PARK — Elusive Mountain Bison Fear Humans but Face More Intrusion on Shrinking Range
April 7, 2008  YELLOWSTONE FEEDING BISON MULTIPLIES NEXT YEAR’S PROBLEM — Park Baiting Buffalo to Corrals Violates Its Own “Do Not Feed Wildlife” Policy
February 27, 2008  ONE-TIME FLUSH OF GRAND CANYON SPARKS HIGH-LEVEL FRACAS — Park Service Environmental Objections Quashed to Cement 5-Year Power Deal
February 25, 2008  U.S. PARK POLICE FORCE LEVELS CONTINUE FALLING — Lowest Level in 20 Years Fuels Frustrations and Exodus of Officers
February 14, 2008  TERESA CHAMBERS WINS APPEAL FOR PARK POLICE CHIEF JOB — Federal Court Holds Risk to Public Safety Is Protected by Whistleblower Act
February 12, 2008  NRA GUNNING FOR FIREARMS POLICIES IN NATIONAL PARKS — Legislative Drive to Allow Armed Park Visitors Rooted in Misinformation
January 24, 2008  JUSTICE DEPARTMENT UNDERCUTS PARK SYSTEM FOR MOJAVE CROSS — Administration Argues Park Service Lacks Authority on Private Land within System
January 14, 2008  TERESA CHAMBERS RETURNS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT — Appointment as Riverdale Park Police Chief Will Not Alter Legal Case
December 20, 2007  CYBER-PARKS COMING TO A FLAT SCREEN NEAR YOU — Yellowstone to Unveil Live Streaming Web Camera at Old Faithful Geyser
December 6, 2007  YELLOWSTONE DOUBLES ITS CELL PHONE USE AMID TOWER STRUGGLES — Park Ignores Agency Policy to Limit Government Cell Phones to Verified Need
November 7, 2007  TERESA CHAMBERS CASE GOES TO FEDERAL COURT — Ouster of Chief of the U.S. Park Police for Telling the Truth
October 23, 2007  YELLOWSTONE SCRAMBLING TO STOP CELL TOWER AT PARK GATEWAY — 115-Foot Tower Would Dominate Historic Area and Tourist Attractions
October 11, 2007  CENTENNIAL INITIATIVE MAY AGGRAVATE PARK SERVICE BACKLOG — Donor-Driven Prioritization of Park Projects Raises Cautionary Flags
September 4, 2007  NEW PARK SERVICE POLICY PROMOTES ALASKA INHOLDINGS — Interim Guidance Abandons Acquisition as Tool to Protect Wilderness and Wildlife
June 14, 2007  CONSERVATION GROUPS CALL ON PARK SERVICE TO PROTECT THE FLORIDA PANTHER — Park Service should not have opened more routes to off-road vehicles in Big Cypress National Preserve
April 5, 2007  U.S. PARK POLICE ENTERS TOURIST SEASON AT LOW EBB — Record Low Force Levels and Record High Assaults; Chief Chambers’ Bid to Return Goes to Federal Court
March 28, 2007  PARK SERVICE BACKS OFF GULF ISLANDS ROAD PLAN — New Director Pledges Review of Alternatives and No Waiver of Management Policies
February 8, 2007  PARK SERVICE STUNTS WILDERNESS GROWTH — Stalled Park Wilderness Plans Could Increase Wild Lands by More than Half
January 29, 2007  U.S. PARK POLICE OFFICERS RAISE ALARM ON SAFETY AND TERRORISM — Line Cops Cast Resounding No Confidence Vote in Leadership
January 25, 2007  PARK SERVICE READIES COMMERCIAL BIO-PROSPECTING PLAN — Agency Wants Cut of Corporate Profits from Products Derived from Park Resources
January 16, 2007  EVOLVING GRAND CANYON POSITION LEAVES UNANSWERED QUESTIONS — National Park Service Now Distancing Itself from Creationist Book It Approved
December 28, 2006  HOW OLD IS THE GRAND CANYON? PARK SERVICE WON’T SAY — Orders to Cater to Creationists Makes National Park Agnostic on Geology
December 13, 2006   NEW PARK DIRECTOR FACES FIRST TEST ON GULF ISLANDS ROAD — Plan to Armor Road Requires Director to Set Aside Conservation Rules
October 5, 2006  NATIONAL PARK RUNNING A HOUSING AUTHORITY IN CUYAHOGA — Holdover Tenants Populate Attempt to Recreate an English Village in Ohio
October 3, 2006  NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TO ALLOW COMMERCIAL BIOPROSPECTING — Public Interest Groups Oppose Commercialization of Parks
October 2, 2006  CHAMBERS WINS PRIVACY ACT RULING — Interior Department Illegally Refusing to Release Exonerating Documents
September 21, 2006  CHAMBERS TERMINATION UPHELD—APPEAL PLANNED — Bitterly Divided Board Split on Validity of Charges and Whistleblower Protection
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
August 14, 2006  NATIONAL PARKS TOUT THEIR ECONOMIC BENEFITS — Internal Study Credits Parks with Generating $10 Billion and 236,000 Jobs
August 8, 2006  PLANS FOR MORE YELLOWSTONE CELL TOWERS INCH FORWARD — “Visitor Expectations” Cited as Basis for Electronically Blanketing the Park
July 18, 2006  CONGRESSIONAL EARMARK TO PAD PARK SERVICE PAYROLL — Senator Thad Cochran Seeks to Super-Size Mississippi Superintendent
July 14, 2006  NATIONAL MALL CRIMES EXPOSE U.S. PARK POLICE OFFICER SHORTAGE — Warnings by Former-Chief Teresa Chambers Proving Prophetic
June 19, 2006  THE “NATIONAL PARK THAT RALPH BUILT” COSTS $1,000 PER VISITOR — First Ladies National Historic Site Run by Rep. Regula’s Wife in Lavish Fashion
May 22, 2006  POLITICS OBSTRUCT CIVIL WAR DAMAGE CASE AGAINST DEVELOPER — Senator and Top Park Official Intervene to Lower Fine for Archaeological Violations
May 4, 2006  OSHA FINDS YELLOWSTONE CELL TOWER EMITS EXCESS RADIATION — Popular Hiking Spot Has Unsafe Radio Frequency Radiation Levels
May 3, 2006  TELECOMS’ SECRET PLAN TO WIRE ENTIRE YELLOWSTONE PARK — Industry Invited to Illegal Closed-Door Meeting to Divide Up Park
May 3, 2006  PARK SERVICE SCALES BACK SOLICITATION AND ADVERTISING PLAN — No Naming Rights or Corporate Ads inside National Parks
May 1, 2006  NATIONAL PARK SERVICE READIES COMPLEX SCORECARD TO RATE PARKS — “Rube Goldberg Formula” Will Be Used to Set Park Budgets in ‘08
April 18, 2006  EMBATTLED DEPUTY CHIEF MURPHY TO RESIGN FROM PARK SERVICE — All Officials Responsible for Removal of Park Police Chief Chambers Now Gone
April 17, 2006  SECRET PLAN TO CUT NATIONAL PARK FUNDING BY 30% IN 5 YEARS — Parks “Glide Path” to Impoverishment Breaks Bush Campaign Pledge
April 13, 2006  PARK OFFICIAL SHOULD BE DISCIPLINED FOR WILDERNESS VIOLATION — Olympic Superintendent Wasted $250,000 Despite Warning Plan Was Illegal
April 10, 2006  MOUNTAIN LION ERADICATION WITHOUT PRIOR STUDY RAPPED — Park Service at Lake Mead Accedes to “Shoot First” Intervention of Arizona
February 21, 2006  NATIONAL PARK PLAN ALLOWS GAME FARMS AND PREDATOR REDUCTION — Three W’s –Wildlife, Wilderness & Water – at Risk in Massive Park Policy Rewrite
February 2, 2006  LAWSUIT TO FIND INDUSTRY IMPETUS BEHIND PARK POLICY REWRITE — Group Seeks Lobbying Letters and Other Communications with Bush Officials
January 19, 2006  PARK SERVICE WHISTLEBLOWER WINS UNANIMOUS APPELLATE RULING — Asbestos Dangers Covered by the Clean Air Act; Bush Labor Secretary Rebuffed
December 14, 2005  CHAMBERS FILES $2.2 MILLION CLAIM AGAINST NATIONAL PARK SERVICE — Two-Year Anniversary of U.S. Park Police Chief’s Fight for Her Job
November 30, 2005  NATIONAL PARKS TO SEEK CORPORATE SPONSORSHIPS — Corporate Funds Will Alter Park Landscapes and Sway Policies
October 17, 2005  PARK SERVICE TO SOLICIT FUNDS FROM VISITORS & CORPORATIONS — Corporate Plaques, Logos and Ads Trumpeting Park Affiliation to be Allowed
October 13, 2005  POLITICAL SCREENING FOR ALL PARK SERVICE MANAGERS — Mid-Level Managers Picked for Fealty to “the President’s Management Agenda”
August 17, 2005  PARKS DIRECTOR NEEDS TO HIRE A TRAVEL AGENT — $60,000 Aide Needed to Advance Mainella’s Constant Trips
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
July 1, 2005  BUSH & PRO-WAR FOOTAGE TO BE ADDED TO LINCOLN MEMORIAL VIDEO — Total Revamp of Memorial Exhibits May Bring Summer Closure
June 28, 2005  NATIONAL ICON SECURITY FUNDING NOT TIED TO THREAT LEVEL — New GAO Report Echoes Warnings by U.S. Park Police Chief Chambers
June 20, 2005  SHAKE UP AT PARK SERVICE HEADQUARTERS — Reorganization Marginalizes Top Deputy Responsible for Firing Park Police Chief
June 14, 2005  CELL PHONE RINGS COMING TO EVERY CORNER OF NATIONAL PARKS — Officials Invite Telecom Companies to Fill In “Dead Zones” Throughout Park System
June 9, 2005  OLD FAITHFUL CELL TOWER MAKEOVER IS A BUST — Revamped Tower Will Still Be an Eyesore
May 19, 2005  MOUNTAIN BIKE DEAL MAY OPEN UP PARK WILDERNESS — 5.5 Million Acres of Wild Lands Vulnerable to New Mountain Bike Trails
May 10, 2005  NATIONAL PARKS DIRECTOR SAYS “WHOLE PARKS” MAY BE OUTSOURCED — Three National Parks Now Under Review, More Later
May 2, 2005  PARK POLICE FACE GROWING CHALLENGES WITH FEWER OFFICERS — Four-Hour Transition Ceremony Tomorrow for Troubled Force
May 2, 2005  PETRIFIED FOREST NATIONAL PARK DUE FOR WILDERNESS REVIEW — Will New Park Lands Be Protected for Their Wild Values?
April 20, 2005  COURT STRIKES DOWN LAND EXCHANGE TO PRESERVE MOJAVE CROSS — Cross Must Come Down; Court Calls One-Acre Land Trade a “Sham”
April 6, 2005  PARK SERVICE RESCINDS APPROVAL OF MOJAVE “GUZZLERS” — Facing a Lawsuit, Agency Withdraws Its Okay for Artificial Watering in Desert Park
March 10, 2005  MISSING DOCUMENTS IN CHAMBERS CASE SUDDENLY FOUND — Interior Still Deciding Whether to Release Newly Located Records
March 1, 2005  ARTIFICIAL WATERING THREATENS MOJAVE WILDLIFE — Political Appointees at Interior Vetoed Park Objections; Lawsuit Filed
February 24, 2005  CHAMBERS FILES FEDERAL LAWSUIT — Seeking Damages for Destruction of Exonerating Documents
February 1, 2005  PARK SERVICE LOOKING FOR TOURISM CZAR — Reaching Out to Tourist Industry to Reverse Five-Year Visit Slump
January 27, 2005  HOWITZERS NOT ENOUGH TO KEEP YELLOWSTONE ROAD OPEN — "Serious Hazards Exist for Visitors and Employees" Says Memo
January 19, 2005  WHO SHOT LINCOLN VIDEOTAPE? — Groups Sue for Release of Administration Documents/Records on Censoring Lincoln Memorial Video
December 27, 2004  TERMINATED PARK POLICE CHIEF APPLIES FOR OLD JOB — Application Follows Petition that Cites 40 Legal Errors Made by Judge
December 16, 2004  CHAMBERS FILES APPEAL FOR IMMEDIATE REINSTATEMENT — Petition Cites More Than 40 Legal Errors Made by Judge
November 4, 2004  OLYMPIC PARK VIOLATING WILDERNESS ACT — Lawsuit to Block Pre-Fabs Being Helicoptered Into Wilderness
October 14, 2004  YELLOWSTONE WILDLIFE RAVAGED BY ROAD-KILL — Record Number of Bears Die in Car Crashes This Summer
October 13, 2004  PARK SERVICE STICKS WITH BIBLICAL EXPLANATION FOR GRAND CANYON — Promised Legal Review on Creationist Book Is Shelved
October 11, 2004  LINCOLN MEMORIAL VIDEO REMOVED — Conservative Complaints Against Gay Rights, Feminist and Anti-War Scenes
October 8, 2004  CHAMBERS FIRING FOR WASHINGTON POST INTERVIEW UPHELD — Broad Ban on Release of Information Sets Up 1st Amendment Fight
October 4, 2004  DEPUTY PARK POLICE CHIEF FORCED TO RESIGN —

September 29, 2004  GAY RIGHTS, PRO-CHOICE AND ANTI-WAR SCENES TO BE CUT FROM LINCOLN MEMORIAL VIDEO — Bush Administration Sits on Revised Video Until After Election
September 21, 2004  DC PARKS & PARKWAYS INADEQUATELY PATROLLED — New Report Echoes U.S. Park Police Chief Chambers' Concerns
September 7, 2004  GRILES RAFT TRIP DELAYS CHAMBERS CASE —

September 1, 2004  YELLOWSTONE PARK ILLEGALLY POCKETS CELL TOWER MONEY — Plus Free Phones and 60,000 Free Cell Minutes for Park Staff
September 1, 2004  CHAMBERS' HEARING SET FOR SEPTEMBER 8, 2004 — Interior's Top Officials Testify Before Public & Judge
August 26, 2004  PARK SERVICE ADMITS BUDGET DECEPTION — Internal Notes Show Efforts By Top Managers to Cook the Books
August 25, 2004  NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FINANCES WINERY — Half Million Dollar Investment in Private Vineyard Yet to Pay Off
August 25, 2004  ATTACKS ON NATIONAL PARK LAW ENFORCEMENT REACHES ALL-TIME HIGH — Understaffing Aggravated by Interior Department Diverting Officers, Money & Training
August 23, 2004  CANDIDATES BANNED FROM FEDERAL FACILITIES — No More Campaign "Photo Ops" or Speeches at National Parks
July 28, 2004  CHIEF CHAMBERS DENIED STAY REQUEST — Trial Set on September 8; Norton, Mainella & Griles to be Deposed
July 13, 2004  RECREATION VISITS TO NATIONAL PARKS DOWN IN 2004 — Trips to DC Monuments Offset Decline in Recreation
July 9, 2004  CHIEF CHAMBERS SEEKS IMMEDIATE RETURN TO WORK — Affidavit Submitted By Chambers Discloses Need For Return And Elimination Of Gag Order
July 1, 2004  COURT RULES PARK SERVICE VIOLATES WILDERNESS ACT — End of Motorized Vehicle Tours in Georgia's Cumberland Island Wilderness
June 29, 2004  OLD FAITHFUL CELL TOWER MAY BE SHORTENED AND CAMOUFLAGED — Park Resists Calls for Removal
June 28, 2004  CHIEF CHAMBERS SUES IN CIVIL SERVICE COURT TO RETURN TO WORK — Bid to End Legal Limbo – Nearly 7 Months on Paid Administrative Leave
June 28, 2004  PARK SERVICE SAYS WHISTLEBLOWERS WILL BE PROTECTED — All-Employee Memo to Counter the
June 15, 2004  PARK SERVICE WANTS TO KNOW WHERE CELL TOWERS ARE LOCATED — Headquarters Creating an Inventory as Telecom Companies Target Parks
June 8, 2004  U.S. HISTORIC PRESERVATION AGENCY TO INVESTIGATE OLD FAITHFUL CELL PHONE TOWER — Yellowstone Park Ignores Findings of Violations
May 12, 2004  NATIONAL PARK SERVICE GAGGING ON ITS OWN TALKING POINTS — Park Superintendents Told to Stick to Script Praising Bush Administration
May 4, 2004  LEGAL DEFENSE FUND ESTABLISHED FOR CHIEF CHAMBERS — Fundraising in Anticipation of Court Fights to Restore Chief
April 15, 2004  FEDERAL PRESERVATION CHIEF CITED FOR ILLEGAL RENOVATIONS TO HISTORIC STRUCTURE — DC Agency Charges Park Service Assistant Director Lied to Obtain Permits
April 14, 2004  INTERIOR RE-IMPOSES GAG ORDER ON CHIEF CHAMBERS — No Interviews Without Permission of Don Murphy
April 8, 2004  CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? CELL TOWERS SPREADING THROUGHOUT NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM — Park System Ignoring Public Notice Rules; Does Not Even Track New Towers
April 6, 2004  SPECIAL COUNSEL INTERVENES IN CHIEF CHAMBERS CASE — 45-Day Stay First Step Toward Restoration
March 18, 2004  ACTING PARK POLICE CHIEF TO RETIRE WITH NO SUCCESSOR NAMED — Chief Chambers Enters 16th Week of Paid Leave; Paralysis at Interior
March 16, 2004  NATIONAL PARKS AIR POLLUTION PROTECTIONS SHREDDED — Political Appointees Overruling Scientists
March 9, 2004  CELL PHONE TOWER AT OLD FAITHFUL IS AN EYESORE — Tower Illegal; Wyoming Files Complaint
March 3, 2004  GROWING MANAGEMENT VACUUM HURTING PARK POLICE — Extended Limbo for Chief Chambers Paralyzes Force & Sparks Resignation
February 26, 2004  NATIONAL PARK SERVICE EMBRACES CREATIONISM — Creationist Book Re-Ordered & Offered as "Natural History;" Geologists Rebuffed
February 19, 2004  U.S. SPECIAL COUNSEL ENTERS CHIEF CHAMBERS CASE — Investigation into Legality of Don Murphy's Actions Against Park Police Chief
February 12, 2004  OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK TO AIRLIFT PREFABS TO WILDERNESS AREAS — Wilderness Act Violations Cited
February 11, 2004  CHIEF TERESA CHAMBERS RECEIVES NATIONAL AWARD — Park Police Chief Honored Despite Continued
February 5, 2004  CHIEF CHAMBERS DROPPED FROM PHONE BOOKS — Supporters Decry Two Months of
January 29, 2004  PARK POLICE CHIEF ASKS US SPECIAL COUNSEL TO INTERVENE —

January 28, 2004  TOP NATIONAL PARK WILDERNESS OFFICIAL RESIGNS IN FRUSTRATION — Park Service Ignoring Letter and Spirit of the Wilderness Act
January 20, 2004  PARK SERVICE OFFERED TO DROP ALL CHARGES AGAINST CHAMBERS — In Return for Control of Media and Congressional Communication
January 20, 2004  LAW ENFORCEMENT LINES UP TO SUPPORT CHIEF CHAMBERS — International Association of Chiefs of Police Is Latest to Weigh In
January 14, 2004  CHIEF CHAMBERS REPORTED MURPHY FOR HARASSMENT — Her Complaint Filed Three Hours Before Gag Order Issued
January 12, 2004  CHIEF TERESA CHAMBERS RESPONDS — Park Police Chief Also Invokes 1st Amendment & Whistleblower Rights
December 22, 2003  RELIGION ON DISPLAY IN NATIONAL PARKS — Christian Fundamentalist Influence on Park Service Decisions "Faith-Based Parks" Decried
December 15, 2003  PARK SERVICE OKAYS WILDERNESS VIOLATIONS BY ITS STAFF — Groups Petition to End
September 8, 2003  PARK WILDERNESS PLANS BLOCKED — Bush Administration Maintains Moratorium on New Wilderness Designations
August 27, 2003  VIOLENCE AGAINST PARK RANGERS REMAINS HIGH — Two Deaths and 98 Attacks in 2002, NPS Assailed for Ignoring Growing Trend
July 31, 2003  VISITS TO NATIONAL PARKS WAY DOWN IN 2003 — Fourth Straight Year of Decline
July 7, 2003  SETTLEMENT PUTS JACKSON BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN —

May 9, 2003  PARK SERVICE SUSPENDS REPAIRS TO PAY FOR OUTSOURCING AND SECURITY — Yosemite, Crater Lakes and Lake Mead Projects Are Hit
April 24, 2003  RACE AGAINST THE CLOCK IN FIRST AMENDMENT BATTLEGROUND OVER THE MOJAVE CROSS — Attorney General Ashcroft Maneuvers to Save Religious Symbol
April 21, 2003  PARK SERVICE MUST CUT OPERATIONS TO PAY OUTSOURCING COSTS — Visitor Service and Summer Season Reductions, Layoffs Possible
April 3, 2003  FAMED BACKCOUNTRY RANGER BARRED FROM YELLOWSTONE — Park Slashing Law Enforcement by Three Quarters, Ending Wilderness Patrols
January 20, 2003  PARK SERVICE SET TO OUTSOURCE STAFF — Private Consultant is Choosing Which Positions Go On Auction Block
December 3, 2002  LAWSUIT FILED TO BLOCK YELLOWSTONE SNOWMOBILE DECISION — Environmental Organizations File
November 19, 2002  DINOSAUR MONUMENT ELIMINATES FOSSIL PROGRAM — Scientists Lambast Bonehead Move by New Superintendent
October 16, 2002  FIERCE BATTLE TO KEEP CROSS IN NATIONAL PARK — Ashcroft & Bush Administration Argue for Faith-Based Parks
October 15, 2002  GRASSLEY SEEKS ANSWERS ABOUT NATIONAL PARK SERVICE WHISTLEBLOWER — Recent Actions Against A Seasonal Park Ranger
September 23, 2002  PARK SERVICE FORBIDS OFF-DUTY STAFF FROM WRITING ABOUT WORK ISSUES WITHOUT APPROVAL —

June 20, 2002  CONSERVATION GROUPS PETITION SECRETARY NORTON AND NPS — Need To Regulate Hunting in Mojave National Preserve
February 5, 2002  CONSERVATIONISTS FILE LAWSUIT TO PROTECT CUMBERLAND ISLAND WILDERNESS IN GEORGIA — Motorized Vehicle Tours Violate Wilderness Designation
December 27, 2001  YELLOWSTONE WHISTLEBLOWER CASE SETTLED — Gag Order Lifted for Backcountry Ranger
October 16, 2001  ELK HUNT CAUSING RISE IN GRIZZLY SHOOTINGS — New Study Validates
October 1, 2001  YELLOWSTONE RANGER FORBIDDEN TO SPEAK ON GRIZZLY DEATHS — Investigation of Illegal 'Gag' Order Sought
September 11, 2001  MILITARY INSTALLATIONS SLATED FOR NATIONAL PARK — Air Force Radar Stations in Death Valley
August 8, 2001  BUSH TO ALLOW CORPORATE RESEARCH IN NATIONAL PARKS — Profit-Sharing for Removal of Plants and Animals Could Endanger Conservation
October 20, 2000  INTERIOR TO OPEN PARK TO NATIVE AMERICAN HUNTING — Babbitt Orders Post-Election Special Rule for Arizona Park
July 3, 2000  INTERIOR TO OPEN NATIONAL PARKS TO HUNTING BY NATIVE AMERICANS — Tribes Seek Hunts in Yellowstone, Grand Canyon & Many Other Parks
October 27, 1999  GRAZING PROGRAM AT MOJAVE PRESERVE IS ILLEGAL, EMPLOYEES CHARGE — Permits Expire at End of Week
Surveys
2000  National Parks Service Survey
Other PEER Activities
Draft study, "Possible Effects of Elk Harvest on Fall Distribution of Grizzly Bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem" (Biological Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey and Wyoming Game &
Bob Jackson Barred from Yellowstone; Whistleblower Complaint Filed with the Office of Special Counsel
Bob Jackson's Testimony Provided to the Greater Yellowstone Subcommittee
Eagle Letters
PEER Campaign: Death of Solitude
PEER Campaign: Faith-based Parks
PEER Campaign: In the Chief's Corner
PEER Campaign: The Grizzly Emergency
PEER's Comments on National Park Service Interior Special Rule on the Waupatki National Monument