Latest Library Content tagged with "Interior Department"

A Roadmap to Clean Water: The Legacy Roads and Trails Remediation Initiative PDF

The main threat to water quality in many national forests is the Forest Service’s vast and crumbling road system, an environmentally-harmful vestige of the agency’s industrial logging era. With The Wilderness Society’s strong support, Congress has stepped forward with new funding to address the problem, including $90 million in the Forest Service’s FY 2010 budget for urgent road decommissioning and repairs.

Department of Interior Organizational Chart PDF

This chart depicts the organizational structure of the Interior Department, including which positions require Senate confirmation and the status of pending nominations.

Letter to Interior Department about violation of public comment laws on oil shale regulations PDF

This letter was sent to Dirk Kempthorne, Secretary of Interior, on November 17, 2008 by The Wilderness Society and five other organizations. The letter notifies the Secretary that the Department of Interior refused to provide the public with an opportunity to protest or comment on resource management plan amendments for oil shale and tar sands leasing and production.