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Oregon’s rural counties sue the state for impeding timber harvests, and win $1.1 billion

November 25, 2019 0

The jury found that the state owed those counties $1.1 billion in damages, including $674 million the counties contend they lost since 2001 because the state didn’t cut enough trees. The verdict also includes $392 million in future damages, which…

Ranching

Babies raised around livestock have more robust immune systems than urban babies

October 2, 2019 0

This suggests, according to researchers at Ohio State University, that early exposure to a wider variety of environmental bacteria, including those found in and on livestock, leads to health and immune system benefits later in life. Ben Renner Study Finds…

Biased Reporting

Leftist-funded reporter works to further environmentalist influence in San Juan County

September 6, 2019 2

The Ford Foundation, who supports RFA and by extension, Podmore, uses “Common Cause,” which is a lobbying organization. Everyone has lobbying organizations on their payroll, The Wilderness Society spent $770,000 on lobbyists in 2018. So, is there really any issue with…

Progressive Special Interests

Public Land Expansion Syndrome swamping southern Utah’s rural communities

September 2, 2019 0

It is time to stop the fallacy that a tourist driven economy is cleaner and has less impact on the land than other industries. Tourism's exaggerated claim of being a better alternative has not panned out in terms of financial…

Agriculture

Colorado developers offer big cash to redirect water away from agriculture to expanding urban areas

July 6, 2019 0

A well-connected metro Denver water developer, backed by former Colorado Governor Bill Owens, Front Range real estate interests, and absentee ranchers who themselves control huge amounts of water here, is proposing to export millions of gallons of water out of…

Domestic Energy

Navajo Nation to lose millions in revenue and hundreds of jobs with coal plant closure

June 5, 2019 1

For fiscal year 2021, the Nation’s revenue projection is expected to drop significantly to $132 million due to the closure of the Navajo Generating Station and Kayenta Mine. CFACT The Navajo Nation posted this press release last week as they…

Domestic Energy

“Green” energy projects threaten to gobble up America’s rural landscapes

April 15, 2019 0

•Michael Bastasch Daily Caller ‘Vacant Land Myth’: Hundreds Of US Localities Are Resisting The Spread Of Green Energy •U.S. cities and states have risen up against the spread of solar panels and wind turbines. •One expert says at least 225…

Local Government

North Dakota law strengthens private property rights but leaves loophole for hunters

April 14, 2019 0

Skroch said the issue has been a hot one during the session, and she worries that landowners across the state are at a "flashpoint." She fears that without some fundamental property protections, landowners will "lock the land up so tight,…

Local Government

San Juan County commissioners extreme actions not well received

April 13, 2019 0

Green added that he has conflict of interest concerns about Boos and his law firm...“Mr. Boos stands to gain millions of dollars,” said Green. “That is like letting the coyote into the sheep pen.” The San Juan Record Tension grows…

Federal Mismanagement

Big tourism kills traditional industries, and now it’s killing the environment

April 6, 2019 1

...we kill off the traditional industries that supported western towns, replacing them with the tourism that beautiful places attract when promoted. Then decide we’re loving these places to death, so they must be closed to tourists, too. Cherish Them From…

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