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Investigative reporting on public lands, wildlife and government.

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Callie Patteson@CalliePattesonOct 8
Interior is formally exempting many oil & gas drilling activities in Alaska's North Slope from environmental reviews, essentially rubber-stamping some federal permits. Comes weeks after @adamfederman w/ @PDInvestigates and @highcountrynews broke that the agency was drafting it.
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Jimmy Tobias
@JamesCTobiasOct 7
An 18-year veteran of the US Department of the Interior has resigned in protest from the sprawling federal agency, denouncing “a deeply troubling assault on the rule of the law” that took place at the department under Donald Trump. My latest for @PDInvestigates and @GuardianUS publicdomain.media/p/interio…

Veteran Interior Department lawyer resigns in protest, warns of ‘assault on the rule of law’

John Murdock had been working for the agency for 18 years and his resignation comes during an exodus of longtime federal workers and scientists

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Jimmy Tobias
@JamesCTobiasOct 6
My latest exclusive for The Guardian and @PDInvestigates: theguardian.com/us-news/2026…

Veteran conservative lawyer quits Trump’s interior department and warns of ‘assault on the rule of...

John Murdock had been working for the agency for 18 years and his resignation comes during an exodus of longtime federal workers and scientists

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EJTodayNews@EJTodayNewsOct 2
Trump Admin Wants Border Construction At Big Bend National Park To Resume Roque Planas reports for @PDInvestigates publicdomain.media/p/border-…

Trump Admin Wants Border Construction At Big Bend National Park To Resume

Customs and Border Protection will move forward with its contentious ‘smart wall’ plans in the coming weeks, the agency said in a court filing.

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Adam Federman@adamfedermanSep 23
Announcement of the "categorical exclusion" that exempts most winter oil/gas activity in the NPRA--including seismic surveys & test wells--from environmental review has now been posted at OIRA. I first reported this for @PDInvestigates & @highcountrynews. reginfo.gov/public/do/eoDeta…
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Chris D'Angelo@c_m_dangeloSep 17
SCOOP, from me and @JamesCTobias publicdomain.media/p/2024-id…

Ranch Manager Tied to Top Trump Appointee Started 5,600-Acre Idaho Wildfire

A state investigation found the unpermitted fire cost nearly $950,000 to contain.

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Jimmy Tobias
@JamesCTobiasSep 16
I hate getting scooped by the NYT. If we had like two more reporters this memo would have come out yesterday. But we do have a juicy investigation in the works for later this week. @PDInvestigates
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@JamesCTobiasSep 16
Trump Administration Moves to Gut a Core Endangered Species Protection nytimes.com/2026/09/16/clima…

Trump Administration Moves to Gut a Core Endangered Species Protection

An internal memo reinterprets the law so that only the intentional killing of animals, not collateral harm, is illegal.

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Jayson O'Neill@JDogMTSep 11
Who the f*ck is Gregory Wischer, and why is he running Trump's wasteful D.C. vanity projects at @Interior? Another must-read from @PDInvestigates: publicdomain.media/p/greg-wi…

Meet The Young Political Appointee Boosting Trump’s ‘Vanity Projects’

A former mining executive is playing a key role in the president’s campaign to build monuments and stage spectacles in the Capitol. His financial disclosure contains inconsistencies.

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Pedro L. Gonzalez
@emeriticusAug 28
This is neat
Chris D'Angelo@c_m_dangeloAug 28
Replying to @emeriticus @WalshFreedom
for anyone interested, we are exclusively covering these issues over at publicdomain.media

Public Domain | Substack

Investigative reporting on public lands, wildlife and government. Click to read Public Domain, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

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Jimmy Tobias
@JamesCTobiasAug 28
Thank you!
Pedro L. Gonzalez
@emeriticusAug 28
This is neat
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Jimmy Tobias
@JamesCTobiasAug 28
The Trump appointee who serves as assistant @Interior secretary for Fish Wildlife and Parks is named Kevin Lilly. He is a wealth manager from Texas who apparently has little if any experience managing America's public lands: eenews.net/articles/texas-we…

Texas wealth manager now acting head of national parks and refuges

President Donald Trump has not nominated a candidate for the permanent position.

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Jordan Weissmann
@JHWeissmannAug 28
Everyone involved in this plan should be hounded out of the country
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Chris D'Angelo@c_m_dangeloAug 28
if you read nothing else today, make it this reminds me of the time Trump 1.0 got caught trying to sell/transfer land that it cut out of Utah's Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument huffpost.com/entry/ryan-zink…
Anna Kramer@anna_c_kramerAug 28
SCOOP: Trump officials are pressuring the National Park Service to find a way to give a small piece of Yosemite to a private developer. The land would be used for a road, to give the developer rare private access to the heart of the park. notus.org/agencies/trump-adm…

Trump’s Quietly Working to Give Part of Yosemite to a Private Developer

The National Park Service is under pressure to make an unprecedented deal that cedes a quarter-mile strip of the park.

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Adam Federman@adamfedermanAug 26
Scoop: @Interior is preparing a new “categorical exclusion” that will speed up permitting for winter drilling activity in the NPRA, including seismic surveys and test wells. With @highcountrynews and @PDInvestigates. publicdomain.media/p/trump-f…

SCOOP: Trump Team Moves To Fast-Track Arctic Drilling Without Environmental Review

The Interior Department will soon publish a “categorical exclusion” that will rubber stamp oil and gas development in Alaska’s remote National Petroleum Reserve.

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Chris D'Angelo@c_m_dangeloAug 26
huge scoop this morning from @adamfederman The Trump Interior Dept is prepping a “categorical exclusion” that will rubber stamp winter oil and gas development in Alaska’s remote National Petroleum Reserve. publicdomain.media/p/trump-f…

SCOOP: Trump Team Moves To Fast-Track Arctic Drilling Without Environmental Review

The Interior Department will soon publish a “categorical exclusion” that will rubber stamp oil and gas development in Alaska’s remote National Petroleum Reserve.

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Chris D'Angelo@c_m_dangeloAug 11
icymi: Trump has tapped Dennis Kirk, a Project 2025 author and longtime ally, to serve as the Interior Department's top internal watchdog as the federal agency's top brass face mounting scandals. publicdomain.media/p/trump-a…

Trump Admin Installs Project 2025 Author At Interior Department’s Watchdog Office

Dennis Kirk, a former associate director at the right-wing Heritage Foundation, comes to DOI after a controversial tenure at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

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Chris D'Angelo@c_m_dangeloJul 28
💪 fij.org/grantee-exposes-conf…

Grantee exposes conflicts of interest for top U.S. Interior official, sparking calls for federal...

In a continued series of reports, Public Domain uncovered conflicts of interest at the U.S. Interior Department, with a focus on Karen Budd-Falen, a longtime ranching advocate who is now a top deputy...

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Chris D'Angelo@c_m_dangeloAug 18
our crew at Public Domain is doing everything we can to shine light on the inner workings of the Trump Interior Department if you can support our work with a paid subscription, we’d be so grateful publicdomain.media/p/public-…

Public Domain Again Sues Trump Administration

The lawsuit seeks public records related to scandal-plagued Interior Department official Karen Budd-Falen

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Jimmy Tobias
@JamesCTobiasJul 1
As America Turns 250, Help Us Investigate The Government open.substack.com/pub/chrisd…
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Chris D'Angelo@c_m_dangeloJun 23
Public Domain just hit 5,000 subscribers I am really, really proud of the reporting we're churning out and the community we are building if you aren't a subscriber, join us...and if you're able, please consider a paid subscription...it goes a long way publicdomain.media/
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Chris D'Angelo@c_m_dangeloJun 18
NEW: Karen Budd-Falen, a scandal-plagued top official at the Interior Dept, met with former legal clients from the ranching industry before personally intervening to halt a release of endangered Mexican gray wolves last year. publicdomain.media/p/karen-b…

Top Interior Official Met With Former Clients Before Intervening To Delay Wolf Release

Karen Budd-Falen, a rancher and long-time Republican operative, has been plagued by ethics scandals since taking a top role at the Interior Department.

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