Building back better at the Department of Interior
· The HillAs a retired major general in the U.S. Army, I know what it takes to assume command of a new unit — putting together your team, taking stock of the most urgent and most critical problems and prioritizing initiatives. Any inco...
You’re right, Senator Schatz. Veteran Conservation Advocacy is Cool
· Vet Voice Foundation | MediumLast spring, I traveled to Washington, D.C. with the Vet Voice Foundation to advocate for full, permanent funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). My fellow veterans and I criss-crossed Capitol Hill over three days, meet...
Veterans Cheer Biden’s Interior Pick
Washington, D.C. -- Today President-elect Biden announced Congresswoman Debra Haaland as his nominee to lead the Department of the Interior. In reaction to the announcement, Vet Voice Foundation’s Major General (Ret.) Paul Eaton, a...
Vet Voice Foundation Statement on Anti-Public Lands Obstruction During NDAA Fight
Today the House and Senate Armed Services Committees released the final text of FY21 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Notably missing were vital natural resources provisions, which were included in the House-passed version of t...
Grand Canyon Protections
· Prescotte NewsIn January 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt declared Grand Canyon a national monument. “Let this great wonder of nature remain as it now is,” he declared. “You cannot improve on it. But what you can do is keep it for ...
Veterans: Keep Natural Resources Provisions in NDAA
As the NDAA continues to be ironed out, the Vet Voice Foundation organized a petition in support of keeping natural resources provisions included in the House-passed version of the NDAA as part of the final, post-conference bill. M...
Vet Voice Foundation Statement on Latest Secretarial Order from Trump’s Corrupt Interior Department Gutting LWCF
This afternoon, the Interior Department issued a Secretarial Order that attempts to rewrite the Land and Water Conservation Fund and put up arbitrary roadblocks to implementation of the Great American Outdoors Act. In reaction to the ann...
VVF Letter to House and Senate Armed Services Committees In Support of Natural Resources Provisions Being Included in the NDAA
TO: Senator James Inhofe, Chairman Representative Adam Smith, Chairman Senator Jack Reed, Ranking Member Representative Mac Thornberry, Ranking Member Dear Chairman Inhofe, Chairman Smith, Ranking Member Reed, and Rankin...
Vet Voice Foundation Statement on the Election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
The Vet Voice Foundation’s Major General (Ret.) Paul Eaton, a US Army veteran, released the following statement: "Over the past 3 1/2 years, we’ve watched the Trump Administration lead the charge to sell off and destroy our ...
Vet Voice Foundation Statement on the Decision to Overturn the BLM's 2016 Waste Prevention Rule
The Vet Voice Foundation’s Kate Hoit, a US Army veteran, released the following statementtoday: "In 2016, Vet Voice Foundation (VVF)—along with 200 veterans—called for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to s...