Easter Sunday’s “Fox News Sunday” featured an exclusive interview with Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum. Even as one of the less visible cabinet members, Burgum’s role in managing our national parks and the country’s public lands is very visible and less opaque than some other cabinet positions. Which is probably why he has recently come under some fierce criticism.
Much of the brouhaha and outcry is from environmental watchdog groups, which are using images of temporary employees having their dream jobs rescinded and parks full of people with no rangers to open the bathrooms or guide them. Jennifer Rokala, Executive Director of Center for Western Priorities issued a statement after Burgum signed the order which read, in part:
If Doug Burgum doesn’t want this job, he should quit now. Instead, it looks like Burgum plans to sit by the fire eating warm…
