Ryan Zinke

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FILE - In this file photo from March 13, 2018, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke testifies before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on Capitol Hill in Washington. Zinke is drawing criticism for his use of a Japanese greeting when responding to a question from a congresswoman of Japanese descent during a hearing on March 15, 2018.( File AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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In this photo provided by the office of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, taken, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, Zinke and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska enjoy Alaskan beer in Washington. Zinke says he’s mended fences with Murkowski after a widely reported dispute over Murkowski’s vote to oppose the GOP health care bill. Zinke tweeted a photo of the two enjoying the beers at his Washington home. (Office of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke via AP)

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U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke gives a press conference at the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum, in Las Cruces, N.M., Thursday July 27, 2017. Zinke is visiting New Mexico this week as part of his nationwide tour connected to a review of 27 national monument designations. (Josh Bachman /The Las Cruces Sun-News via AP)

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U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke gives a press conference at the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum, in Las Cruces, N.M., Thursday July 27, 2017. Zinke is visiting New Mexico this week as part of his nationwide tour connected to a review of 27 national monument designations. (Josh Bachman /The Las Cruces Sun-News via AP)

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In this April 26, 2017, file photo, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke speaks at the Interior Department in Washington, before President Donald Trump signed an Antiquities Executive Order. Zinke says he is removing Colorado's Canyons of the Ancients from a list of national monuments being reviewed nationwide. Zinke said July 21 that when he and President Donald Trump launched the review of 27 national monuments designated by previous administrations, "we absolutely realized that not all monuments are the same and that not all monuments would require modifications." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, file) **FILE**

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FILE - In this May 9, 2017, file photo, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke rides a horse in the new Bears Ears National Monument near Blanding, Utah. Native American tribes and environmental groups preparing a legal battle to stop President Donald Trump from dismantling Utah's new national monument will face a tougher challenge than anticipated. Zinke has recommended Trump shrink Bears Ears, something past presidents have done 18 times to other monuments. (Scott G Winterton/The Deseret News via AP, File)

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Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke talks with reporters with part of Mount Katahdin in the background at the Katahdin Woods And Waters National Monument near Staceyville, Maine, Wednesday, June 14, 2017. Zinke praised the beauty of the national monument Wednesday and said he's "comfortable" with the National Park Service property remaining in public hands. (AP Photo/Patrick Whittle) ** FILE **

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FILE - In this April 20, 2013 file photo, male greater sage grouse perform mating rituals for a female grouse, not pictured, on a lake outside Walden, Colo. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is ordering a review of federal efforts to conserve the imperiled sage grouse to ensure that officials in 11 Western states where the bird lives are fully consulted. Zinke says that while the federal government has a responsibility under the Endangered Species Act to protect the ground-dwelling bird, “we also have a responsibility to be a good neighbor and a good partner.” He says a directive that could “destroy local economies” or impose onerous regulations on public lands “is no way to be a good neighbor.’’ (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

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Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, right, talks with two men on horses Monday, May 8, 2017, at the Butler Wash trailhead within Bears Ears National Monument near Blanding, Utah. Zinke says he wants to make sure Native American cultural standing is preserved in a new national monument but cautioned that not all tribal members share the same opinion about it. (AP Photo/Michelle Price)

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FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2016, file photo, Interior Secretary-designate Rep. Ryan Zinke, right, R-Mont., arrives in Trump Tower, in New York, Monday, Dec. 12, 2016. Zinke says he would never sell, give away or transfer public lands, a crucial stance in his home state of Montana and the West, where access to hunting and fishing is considered sacrosanct. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)