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Welcome to my blog where fraud, lies and corruption are uncovered wherever they hide. Government, non-profits, media and corporations have many secrets and this is where they are exposed. This is where people go for the truth. There is a real need for more watchdog groups. Check out the Resources & Links page for links to find your federal reps, government agencies and other websites packed with important information. The About page has links to some of the testimony and interviews I've given over the years. It's not all bad news I do highlight people and organizations that genuinely contribute to the greater good and deserve recognition.
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Grand Canyon park officials angered as public learns of Bison trophy hunts inside park
By Staci-lee Sherwood Shortly after posting my article about the decision to allow outside hunters into the Grand Canyon National Park their officials sent me a private message. Not wanting to engage the public they were more upset that their propaganda spin wasn’t being bought by the public than having a first time hunt inside park boundaries. Corrupt government never likes to be called out. Of course this was during the time when Facebook was down and no doubt the real r
Staci-lee Sherwood
Oct 11, 20215 min read
Are native Americans better stewards of the land ?
Keep America Beautiful advertisement by the Ad Council, Original Credit: (HANDOUT) By Staci-lee Sherwood If Haaland, who is a member of the Pueblo Laguna, is any example of stewardship the answer is a resounding no. In fact if she and her like minded supporters are any indication of their culture and values in 2021 not only are they not better stewards but far worse. For one thing hunting in a wildlife refuge has been expanded. Perhaps her definition of refuge is different
Staci-lee Sherwood
Oct 10, 20219 min read
You can criticize Secretary Haaland & still be ‘woke’ and if you care about wildlife you need to
By Staci-lee Sherwood Bad policy is bad policy regardless of skin color. The fact that during her Senate confirmation hearing it was...
Staci-lee Sherwood
Oct 9, 20216 min read
Monitoring a Bald Eagle nest: The benefits of citizen scientist conservation
By Staci-lee Sherwood When most people hear the word scientist they have a certain image. They envision a professional with years of college followed by either long stints in the field or long lonely hours spent in a lab. A common misconception about science is that only highly trained professionals engage in research and data analysis. With the right guidance citizen scientists can be an incredible asset to the scientific community. Years ago science was conducted by traine
Staci-lee Sherwood
Oct 7, 20214 min read
National Park Service makes history with first hunt of Bison on park soil
By Staci-lee Sherwood Unimaginable unfathomable unconscionable. These are the words that should come to mind when one hears that the National Park Service is planning a hunt on park soil for the very first time since the service was established in 1916. The park with this honor is the Grand Canyon, the third oldest national park in the United States. They stated this was a ‘pilot’ program which is always code for more is in the pipeline, and it is. The park service sent ou
Staci-lee Sherwood
Oct 3, 20215 min read
Inside the Big Cat trade : Tiger cub petting, Lion meat and ‘The Conservation Game’
By Staci-lee Sherwood Please don’t pet me Who doesn’t love baby animals. Go on any social media site and you’ll see time and again some of the most popular videos and posts involve baby animals. There’s something sweet and appealing that draws us in. Does anyone ever stop to think how this animal came to be in the photo? Just a lucky shot by a passer by or perhaps this is a posed photo op designed to get as many ‘likes’ as possible ? Before the internet we only had televisio
Staci-lee Sherwood
Sep 28, 202110 min read
The new toxic male : inside the minds of the Incel movement
By Staci-lee Sherwood Over the past couple of years we’ve heard a lot about toxic masculinity. Thanks in part to the outlandish behavior and over the top statements by Donald Trump we all think we know what the meaning of misogynist toxicity is but do we really ? While many women will tell you that most males are simple creatures at heart they’re actually far more complex creatures than are given credit for. Figuring out some of the hidden meaning behind many a statement is
Staci-lee Sherwood
Sep 22, 20216 min read
The Wild Horse Roundups
Inside America’s most rogue federal agency the Bureau of Land Management Photo credit: Wild Horse Education of the Antelope roundup august 2021 By Staci-lee Sherwood The immorality and illegality of their policies As far back as 1961 Americans have known about the brutal practice of rounding up the wild horses and burros that have freely roamed the lands for centuries. The movie ‘The misfits’ cast movie star Clarke Gable as a mustang wrangler and Marilyn Monroe as
Staci-lee Sherwood
Sep 20, 20218 min read
EXPOSED : Interior Sec Deb Haaland increases wolf killing, deadly wild horse roundups and hunting
By Staci-lee Sherwood Over the past four years there had been an epidemic of laws repealed by the Trump administration that were designed...
Staci-lee Sherwood
Sep 10, 20215 min read
The Cooper’s Hawk that was a single mom - extraordinary tale of how she raised 3 chicks on her own
By Staci-lee Sherwood Under normal circumstances hawks raise their young as a bonded pair. The amount of time and energy it takes to make the nest, incubate the eggs, feed the young and guard them from predators takes a huge toll on them. Ask any new human mom or dad and they will tell you how exhausting newborns are. They weave a tale of piercing screams sleepless nights and endless cleanups. For hawk parents with newborn chicks their tale is surprisingly similar as anyon
Staci-lee Sherwood
Sep 1, 20215 min read
Living in the age of the selfie
Photo by Cristina Zaragoza on Unsplash By Staci-lee Sherwood It wasn’t that long ago that people had to actually wait several hours,...
Staci-lee Sherwood
Aug 27, 20214 min read
Is the investigative journalist a thing of the past ?
By Staci-lee Sherwood For many people who came of age watching the evening news and reading the morning newspaper it sure feels like they have gone the way of the dinosaurs or at least are on that path. I remember years ago the news industry wasn’t so hesitant about publishing the truth even if it meant outing a sponsor or friend. Of course this practice has always been a delicate balance between power players who owned newspapers and their friend
Staci-lee Sherwood
Aug 17, 20215 min read
How I got to play midwife to a Leatherback Sea Turtle
y Staci-lee Sherwood Back on May 31, 2012 I had one of those magical mornings. First was the most beautiful sunrise that looked like the sky was on fire with color. Then I helped a Horseshoe Crab get back into the water after being stranded on her back from high tide. I thought that was more than enough to make for a special day. Then I saw Kate while out looking for new Sea Turtle tracks to record. This morning’s beach survey was truly a 1 in a 1,000,000. There was a small L
Staci-lee Sherwood
Aug 14, 20214 min read
Florida’s latest assault on sea turtles and why the global community should be concerned
July 19, 2021 Introduced by Jeff Goodman In this time of dramatic climate change, habitat destruction, over fishing and species loss around the world, one would hope that governments and local authorities would be pro-active in legislation, education and direct action to address all these issues in a positive way. Ashamedly this is all too often not the case. A prime example of this is the plight of the Sea Turtles in Florida as witnessed and reported by Staci-lee Sherwood, F
Staci-lee Sherwood
Aug 6, 20216 min read
How I fell in love with our national parks and why I work to protect them
Sawtooth Mountains in Idaho By Staci-lee Sherwood Our national park system consists of 63 national parks and the system itself includes 423 areas covering more than 85 million acres in every state, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. These areas include national parks, monuments, battlefields, military parks, historical parks, historic sites, lakeshores, seashores, recreation areas, scenic rivers and trails, and the White Hous
Staci-lee Sherwood
Aug 5, 20215 min read
Dedicated to all the unsung heroes of animal rescue - an essay
By Staci-lee Sherwood Tonight I went to the beach to watch 2 sea turtle nests. At 11pm 3 young college kids, two girls and a guy, came over. I had met them 2 weeks ago when they asked what I was doing sitting by a nest. I told them about the sea turtles and they sat there for several hours with me getting an education about sea turtles and other imperiled marine life. We watched the nest but nothing happened. The next night they were curious so they went to check on the same
Staci-lee Sherwood
Aug 4, 20212 min read
For the florida manatee it IS a state of emergency
By Staci-lee Sherwood As long as I can remember manatees have been in trouble. For much of the 1970s and 80s boat strikes were the most common cause of injury and death. Since 1974 the annual death rate has steadily increased every year. Unbelievably Florida and the US Fish and Wildlife agency (USFWS) decided in 2017 this warranted a delisting and removal of legal protection making our beloved manatees more vulnerable to population collapse. The agency took the action, Patric
Staci-lee Sherwood
Aug 4, 20215 min read
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