"Federal land-management agencies tallied at least 360 incidents of threats and assaults against their employees in the four-year period ending in 2017, according to a government watchdog.
Despite the threats, agencies are failing to adequately examine the security of their facilities, the Government Accountability Office found.
In a 59-page report released today, GAO reviewed reports ranging from harassing telephone calls to attempted murder involving the Bureau of Land Management, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service and Forest Service.
"To carry out their critical missions to manage the resources on over 700 million acres of federal lands, BLM, FWS, Forest Service, and Park Service officials and facilities are often the most visible and vulnerable representatives of the federal government in remote areas and have been subject to a range of threats and assaults," wrote GAO's natural resources and environment director, Anne-Marie Fennell."
