VVF Statement On Shell warning Trump EPA against weakening Obama-era methane pollution rules
HOUSTON — Oil and gas giant Shell urged Trump's Environmental Protection Agency to keep Obama-era regulations targeting methane leaks from oil and gas drillers and fracking operations, instead of weakening them as planned. VVF...
Veterans Blast Trump Hypocrisy for Celebrating LWCF while Proposing to Slash Funding
WASHINGTON - Today,on the heels of proposing to gut funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund in the FY 2020 budget, President Trump and Acting Interior Secretary Bernhardt held a White House ceremony to celebrate the permanent re...
Juniper Flats above Apple Valley deserves improved protection
· Daily PressLike many veterans, I feel a great amount of patriotism when exploring public lands. Just as it is our duty to protect our country and its people, I and other veterans see it as our patriotic duty to safeguard special places like those i...
Veterans Blast McSally for Endangering Bipartisan Lands Deal
(Phoenix, AZ) – As the Grand Canyon, Petrified Forest, and national parks across the nation struggle to recover from the devastating impacts of the longest government shutdown in American history, Senator Martha McSally (R-AZ) vote...
Vet Voice Statement on Nomination of David Bernhardt to Department of Interior
WASHINGON, DC – Today, Deputy Secretary David Bernhardt has been nominated to be Ryan Zinke’s successor, as Secretary of Interior. On Bernhardt, Kait Hoit, Iraq veteran and California Director of Vet Voice Foundati...
Statement of the Vet Voice Foundation on David Bernhardt's nomination to be Interior Secretary
WASHINGTON, DC - Garett Reppenhagen, Rocky Mountain Director of the Vet Voice Foundation, released the following statement on Acting Secretary David Bernhardt being nominated to be permanent Interior Secretary. The Vet V...
Bill to preserve 400,000 acres in Colorado would be biggest deal in 25 years
· The Denver PostAn ambitious effort to preserve mountain wilderness and historic landscapes in Colorado will launch Monday with the introduction of a bill in Congress that aims to protect 400,000 acres of public lands in the state. It would pay special ...
Vet Voice Foundation Urges New Congress to Pass Permanent LWCF Authorization
As the new Congress convenes, in Washington, today, the Vet Voice Foundation is urging the legislative branch to consider permanent reauthorization for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). Garett Reppenhagen, Rocky Mountain...
VVF Statement on Congress Failure to Reauthorize and Fund LWCF
Today, the Republican-controlled Congress broke their promise to veterans by failing to permanently reauthorize and fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund, America’s most successful conservation and outdoor recrea...
STATEMENT OF THE VET VOICE FOUNDATION, ON RESIGNATION OF RYAN ZINKE
Washington, DC — Garett Reppenhagen, Rocky Mountain Director for the Vet Voice Foundation, released the following statement about the resignation of Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke: “Ryan Zinke has done irreparable harm to ...