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Jennifer writes about public lands issues, including access, development and the state land transfer movement. She previously covered campaigns and elections at E&E. Before joining E&E in 2011, she spent 10 years at the Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call where she worked as an investigative reporter writing about ethics, campaign finance and congressional wealth. Her work has also appeared in The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Detroit News and on National Public Radio. She has appeared as an expert guest on outlets including C-SPAN, NPR and local television. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan.
The Interior Department announced today the acquisition of 600 acres of private land adjacent to the Santa Teresa Wilderness in Arizona in an effort to expand public access to the 27,000-acre site.
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke today revealed his latest effort to expand access to hunting on public property — but rather than the nation's vast federal lands, he's urging deer stalking in the agency's cafeteria.
Democratic lawmakers yesterday accused Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke of dismissing "the voices of the majority" in recommending that President Trump slash the size of a half-dozen monuments and open others to commercial uses.
Conservation advocates roundly condemned Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's proposed cuts today to a half-dozen national monuments, asserting his advice to President Trump ignored the bulk of public comments in favor of opening more federal lands to industrial development.
President Trump could move to eliminate protections for nearly all of Utah's 1.9-million-acre Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument — while also potentially making significant cuts to five other monuments — if he follows recommendations made by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, according to a leaked memorandum.