Here is his resignation letter: Letter
Here is his whistleblower complaint: Form 11
Prior WaPo coverage when Clement spoke out last summer.
High Country News profile here.
Here is “Interior secretary: One-third of employees ‘not loyal to the flag’.”
Here is the press release that omits any actual recommendations. Here is the report summary that also says nothing.
But this excerpt asks us readers to assume that comments by supporters of national monuments should be ignored because they are merely statements “orchestrated” by “national . . . organizations”:
Comments received were overwhelmingly in favor of maintaining existing monuments and demonstrated a well orchestrated national campaign organized by multiple organizations.
Update: news coverage from earlier today quoting a Utah politician attacking national monument supporters as “rock lickers” — an excerpt:
Mike Noel, a Utah state representative, said that reducing or eliminating Bears Ears would be “a victory for our state.” Federal management of land in his state had constrained drilling, mining and grazing, he said, adding that Washington had no business setting aside so much land for the strict protection that monument status affords.
“When you turn the management over to the tree-huggers, the bird and bunny lovers and the rock lickers, you turn your heritage over,” Mr. Noel said.
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Download(PDF): Tribal Listening Sessions on E.O. 13871: Reorganization of the Executive Branch
Acting Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, Michael S. Black, invites Tribal leaders to attend one of the listed listening sessions to provide input on improving “efficiency, effectiveness, and accountability” at the Department of the Interior.
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Had a positive and open dialogue with the Ute Indian Tribe of Uintah and Ouray today on sovereignty, monuments, energy and public lands pic.twitter.com/pVAWE9SsxW
— Secretary Ryan Zinke (@SecretaryZinke) May 3, 2017
Statement from the Department:
Today Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke met with leaders of the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah Ouray. The Tribal leaders and the Secretary discussed several issues including energy development, the nature of sovereignty, public lands, and the Bears Ears National Monument. The meeting was the first of many conversations. The Secretary and the Tribal leaders committed to maintaining an ongoing open and positive dialogue.
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