Public Lands

Executive Director
@TimWhitehouseUS

Tim Whitehouse

Tim Whitehouse has more than 25 years of experience working on a wide range of environmental issues with governments, businesses, nonprofit organizations and community groups. Tim was a senior attorney at the United States Environmental Protection Agency for 10 years, where he specialized in enforcement of the Clean Water Act and in hazardous waste compliance issues. He was also head of the Law and Policy Program at the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation in Montreal, Canada for 5 years. He has worked as a consultant for companies on environmental compliance issues, and with non-profit organizations focusing on clean energy issues. Most recently, he was executive director of Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility, a health advocacy group working to address climate change, toxics pollution, and nuclear disarmament issues in Maryland. He holds a JD and BA from Emory University and an MA from New York University.

PEERMail | Honoring National Parks and Earth Day

by | April 18, 2022
Our national parks are the pride of our country but keeping them healthy, accessible and sustainable is a challenge that must be met ...

COMMENTARY | Going Big on Land Conservation in 30×30

by | April 1, 2022
Meeting the climate change and biodiversity goals of 30x30 must include conservation of as much of our lands as possible ...

VIDEO | Mapping the Range

by |
BLM needs to create a central BLM geodatabase, coordinate all of the agency databases, complete and update all Land Health Standards evaluations ...

Park Service Eliminates Public Notice of New Cell Towers

by | March 22, 2022
Public Shut Out of Review of Telecom Expansion as 5G Era Dawns ...

PEERMail | Rangeland Health Means Fixing the BLM Grazing Program

by | March 21, 2022
PEER is working to ensure that a functional BLM grazing program is a part of the land conservation conversation ...
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