Agency inspectors have still been accepting oil company gifts-

Lawmakers assail Minerals Management Service. By Perry Bacon Jr., David A. Fahrenthold and Steven Mufson. Washington Post Staff Writer. The agency might be beyond the ability to be reformed.

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Ralph Maughan

Dr. Ralph Maughan is professor emeritus of political science at Idaho State University. He was a Western Watersheds Project Board Member off and on for many years, and was also its President for several years. For a long time he produced Ralph Maughan's Wolf Report. He was a founder of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition. He and Jackie Johnson Maughan wrote three editions of "Hiking Idaho." He also wrote "Beyond the Tetons" and "Backpacking Wyoming's Teton and Washakie Wilderness." He created and is the administrator of The Wildlife News.

2 Responses to Members of Congress say abolish Minerals Management Service

  1. kt says:

    I agree with Jeanne Shaheen!

    And until Ken Salazar is gone, and Obama shows some care about the earth doesn’t matter if MMS gets split into 13 pieces, corruption, incompetence and collusion with Industry will continue.

  2. JimT says:

    It won’t happen, but an overhaul is way overdue. Perhaps split off the off shore responsibilities and transfer to NOAA,who actually deals with ocean stuff.

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