Ryan Zinke

Interior Secretary Puts Stop To New Mining Claims Just Outside Yellowstone

By • Oct 9, 2018

A wide swath of wilderness north of Yellowstone National Park will be protected from new mining claims over the next two decades.

U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has signed an order that protects 30-thousand acres in Montana's Paradise Valley after proposals were introduced to start two new gold mines there.

Zinke Memo: Interior Will Defer To States For Wildlife Management

By • Sep 12, 2018

A leaked memo this week from the Interior Department shows Secretary Ryan Zinke wants to give states more clout over wildlife management on public lands, unless it conflicts with federal law.

 


Trump's Pick To Lead National Parks Gets Mixed Reviews

By • Sep 4, 2018

The Trump Administration has finally nominated a director for the National Park Service. The new director will manage a public lands system facing record-breaking visitation and $11 billion in maintenance backlog.

 


Zinke Reorganization Plan Moves Ahead With 12 Interior Regions

By • Aug 30, 2018

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has released more details about his plan to reorganize the Department of Interior. The plan could have big impacts for public lands in the west.

 


Protestors Rally Against Interior Secretary Zinke In Colorado

By • Aug 14, 2018

Some Steamboat Springs, Colorado residents are welcoming the Interior Department Secretary with a protest Friday evening.  Ryan Zinke is the keynote speaker at the Steamboat Institute’s annual ‘Freedom Conference,’ a private event.

Still No Nominees For Park Service, BLM, A Year And A Half Into Trump's Presidency

By • Jul 6, 2018

A year and a half into the Trump presidency and several federal land agencies do not have directors—

including the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Former land managers say the lack of leadership has grave consequences for the future of public lands.


 


Zinke Calls Montana Land Deal Controversy 'Fake News'

By • Jun 28, 2018
U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke spoke on the radio show Voices of Montana Wednesday.
From U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke via Twitter

A federal watchdog group is looking into U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s family land deal with an oil executive. But Zinke is calling the controversy fake news.

Zinke Wants To Tackle Backlog Of National Park Projects

By • Jun 27, 2018
Jackie Yamanaka/YPR

U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced the agency is turning its attention to investing in infrastructure, especially in the national parks. Zinke said during a brief stop in Billings, Interior has spent a lot of time on energy development, including renewables, and now it’s time to change focus.

Zinke Sounds Off On Yellowstone Head's Departure

By • Jun 27, 2018
U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke speaks with the press.
U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke explained the abrupt departure of Yellowstone National Park Superintendent Dan Wenk on the radio show Montana Talks Wednesday. The incoming superintendent is military veteran Cameron Sholly.

Local Governments Rely On Federal Payments, Welcome PILT Dollars from Zinke Visit

By • Jun 27, 2018
Jackie Yamanaka/YPR

U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s visit to Montana brought news that the federal government was paying its full share of money to local governments help offset their property taxes losses because there’s federal lands within their jurisdictions.

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