United States Department of the Interior
"This type of cavalier and callous indifference for human safety is unacceptable," said Democratic Sens. Ron Wyden, Jeff Merkley and Elizabeth Warren.
The administration is purging inspectors general from U.S. agencies. But these oversight officials have faced a slow strangling since Trump took office.
The restoration effort, which the president's first Interior chief supported, called for returning some 200 grizzly bears to the wilds of the North Cascades.
A high-ranking agency official jumped at the chance to discuss the department initiative with Steve Milloy, a zealous science denier.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Newly released documents highlight the degree to which industry has shaped the rules that police it under the Trump administration.
The ex-Utah congressman, who in 2017 proposed selling off 3 million acres of public land, is on a mission to ensure people can flood national parks during a pandemic.
The Trump administration has worked to weaken safeguards for nearly 35 million acres — nearly 1,000 times more than it's protected.
The pandemic has hit Native American communities particularly hard.
Internal data reviewed by HuffPost reveals how widespread the coronavirus has become within the department.