Federal Manager's Daily Report

Actual and threatened assaults to federal employees involved in administering public lands decreased in 2017, according to data collected from such agencies and released by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, an advocacy group for employees at the federal and lower levels.

It said the Bureau of Land Management reported 12 incidents, down from 16 and the lowest since it started collecting the figures in 1995; the National Park Service, down from 14 to seven, also the lowest in that time; the Forest Service a decline from 204 to 101, its fewest since 2014; and the U.S. Park Police down from 19 to 17.

Only the Fish and Wildlife Service reported an increase, from two to five.

The group said that the administration’s policies to open lands up for more use likely contributed to the change but the figures “may reflect a temporary and probably very uneasy truce.”