In response to requests from reporters, former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt has agreed to be available to answer reporters’ questions in advance of his lecture at UC Santa Cruz on Tuesday, October ...

Bruce Babbitt, who served for eight years as secretary of the interior during the Clinton administration, will give the inaugural Fred Keeley Lecture on Environmental Policy at the University of ...

The Clinton-era Interior secretary said the seven states negotiating over use of water from the drought-stricken river are on the brink of a “water war.” Former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt is ...

As we draw to the close of what he calls "the most perilous year," former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt has a message to Americans who value parks, forests and clean water: This, too, shall pass.

Does anyone, anywhere have a sense of irony? Bruce Babbitt, secretary of the interior for eight years, sat idly while the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers advanced one "traditional Louisiana pork" feast ...

On All Things Considered tonight, Elizabeth Shogren tells the story of "the largest protected area of ocean on earth." President Bush today described our newest national monument. It's a wild stretch ...

My colleague Melissa Block sends a note reminding me I missed a key part in Thursday's blog about former Secretary of the Interior (Arizona Gov.) Bruce Babbitt. I was recalling an April Fool's story ...

A small conservation group preferring to do its work under the radar is having a big impact protecting the nation’s lands, including significant landscapes across the West. Headquartered in Durango, ...

When a racist rancher in Nevada and his armed supporters can command headlines by claiming to own and control publicly owned lands, perhaps it’s time to remind Westerners about the history of the ...

Former Secretary of the Interior and once-Arizona governor Bruce Babbitt stepped into a pair of skis Wednesday and made a downhill run as steady as his support for the Arizona Snowbowl. Babbitt, who ...