04-29-2021, 05:04 PM
Steve G. wrote:
Gray wolves were delisted from the Endangered Species Act last year by the U.S. Department of the Interior, which said the population had sufficiently recovered to no longer warrant protection.
Ryan Zinke Secretary of the Department of the Interior: March 1, 2017 - Jan 2, 2019
Which way to the wolves?Actual photo Zinke used as his official head of the Department of the Interior photo.
David Bernhardt Secretary of the Department of the Interior: April 11, 2019 - Jan 20, 2021
"As Secretary of the Interior, he defended the Trump administration's rollback of environmental regulations."
"Bernhardt on August 17, 2020, announced plans for an oil and gas leasing program in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, clearing the way for drilling in the remote Alaskan area."
"Bernhardt relocated the headquarters of the Bureau of Land Management from Washington, D.C., to Grand Junction, Colorado, on August 11, 2020." Bernhardt grew up in Rifle, Colorado.