May 18, 2025
News around public lands these days seems to revolve entirely
around the Trump administration. In the case of Public Employees
for Environmental Responsibility, many of the steps the
administration is taking with the operational efficiencies of the
National Park Service and other land management agencies certainly
are keeping PEER busy.
But what exactly is PEER, and what is their mission? For as long as
the National Parks Traveler has been in existence, going back 20
years, stories recounting PEER and its lawsuits against
land-management agencies have appeared frequently in our coverage.
To explain the nonprofit organization’s role, our guest today is
Tim Whitehouse, PEER’s executive director.