Hunting And Fishing Groups Are Starting To Turn On Trumps Interior Secretary
Hunting And Fishing Groups Are Starting To Turn On Trump’s Interior Secretary
“The level of frustration is growing daily,” one conservation advocate said.
By Chris D’Angelo 07/14/2017 04:45 pm ET
WASHINGTON — When President Donald Trump tapped Ryan Zinke — an avid hunter, Republican Montana congressman, “unapologetic admirer and disciple” of President Theodore Roosevelt and former Navy SEAL — to lead the Interior Department, hunting and fishing groups around the country rejoiced.
Over the last four and a half months, however, some of those same organizations have changed their tune as Zinke has cozied up to fossil fuel interests and come to support a budget proposal — one he initially vowed to fight — that would slash funding for land acquisition and conservation programs while promoting increased drilling and extraction on public lands.
“To date, it’s been overwhelmingly development, development, development — without even lip service to conservation,” Fosburgh said of Zinke. “That is troubling.”
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