Previously, Todd Willens helped remove the Everglades from the U.N. World Heritage Site list and lobbied against animal welfare protections while working with circus owners.
Zinke's review is a threat to wildlife and an insult to the western conservationists, ranchers, sportsmen, and elected officials who spent years collaborating on the management plan.
Even worse, Congress used the Congressional Review Act to repeal the animals' protections, so agencies can never again issue a rule that is “substantially the same” as the one repealed.