EXCERPT FROM THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE:  Another speaker at April’s environmental justice conference, Kim Lambert, environmental  justice coordinator  for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, readily admitted that environmental justice makes every local action the business of the federal government.

“So what the agencies are basically required to do is integrate Environmental Justice in your programs, policies, procedures, and activities.  That’s a close relationship with federal government.  You are supposed to be engaged from the very beginning…Every program and policy and procedure that is on every federal website, you’re supposed to be engaged.”  Ms. Lambert reminded conference participants that having the Department of Interior involved in the first place gave the environmental justice movement a lot of power.

“Fish and Wildlife….the National Park Service, and…Bureau of Land Management–those are three agencies under the Department of Interior.  We own most of the lands in the United States, including the White House, and all national monuments.  So–keep that in mind.”  she said.