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GLACIER NATIONAL PARK
1. USFWS Employee Assaulted in
Glacier Sues Department of Interior
A Helena woman who was sexually assaulted by a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employee while working in Gla- cier National Park is accusing the Depart- ment of Interior of creating a hostile work environment.
The USFWS employee led a lawsuit in U.S. District Court on Oct. 18 against the Department of Interior, ve months after Lawrence L. Lockard, 67, of Bigfork, was sentenced to six months in prison for sexually assaulting the woman while she was sleeping in a remote cabin in Glacier Park. Lockard and Secretary of Interior Sally Jewell are also listed as defendants.
According to court documents, Lock- ard and two co-workers were in Glacier Park for a scuba diving trip at Quartz Lake in September 2015. Lockard and the woman slept in a cabin while another co-worker slept in a tent to avoid disturb- ing the others with his sleep apnea. The woman said she woke up to nd Lockard in bed with her, touching her inappropri- ately and trying to remove her clothing.
Lockard pleaded guilty to abusive sex- ual contact in May and was ordered to pay $22,000 in restitution to the victim.
In the new lawsuit, the woman states that USFWS failed to discipline Lockard and did not take steps to protect her from additional harassment.
“The USFWS’s failures allowed USFWS personnel to create a hostile work environment, by perpetuating false statements, suspicion, and innuendo that Lockard’s actions were consensual,” the lawsuit states.
The lawsuit states that the woman now su ers from post-traumatic stress disor- der and has been harassed by co-workers about the incident.
The claims against the Department of Interior comes as another branch of that agency, the National Park Service, is starting to investigate widespread sexual misconduct within its ranks, particularly at Grand Canyon and Yosemite national parks. Last month, a congressional over- sight committee revealed that at least 18
Yosemite Park sta members had com- plained of a “toxic” work environment, and park service o cials warn that more claims could emerge.
MISSOULA
2. State Attorney General to Rule on
New Gun Rules
Montana’s attorney general will issue a legal opinion on a Missoula ordinance requiring background checks for private gun sales.
The Montana Department of Justice received a formal request for an opinion on the measure from Austin Knudsen, the Speaker of the Montana House of Representatives, department spokesman John Barnes told the Missoulian.
The Missoula ordinance takes e ect in late October and will require the back- ground checks for most private gun sales or trades. The rule makes some excep- tions for family transfers, hunting and emergency self-defense.
Attorney General Tim Fox has three months to issue his legal opinion. It will have the force of law unless overruled by a state district court or the Montana Supreme Court.
Knudsen, a Culbertson Republican, has said Missoula’s new ordinance is in direct violation of state law as well as sections of the Montana and U.S. consti- tutions. The Montana Code says a local government may not restrict or regulate the purchase, sale or transfer of a rearm.
Missoula City Attorney Jim Nugent points to a subsection of the state law that allows local governments to prevent and suppress “the possession of rearms by convicted felons, adjudicated mental incompetents, illegal aliens and minors.” But Knudsen says the ordinance is too broad to be covered by that subsection.
Missoula is the rst city in Montana to require a background check on pri- vate rearm sales. Gov. Steve Bullock, a former state attorney general, and his Republican opponent Greg Gianforte have also said they believe the ordinance violates state law.
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