Once the lawsuits have run their course, and fail, as I suspect, there will be an opportunity to use this review and whatever comes of it to brook a compromise reform to the Antiquities Act. That 111 year old law…
This year-to-date, 47,700 wildfires have burned 8 million acres across the country, with the majority of the devastation in the states of California and Montana. High-profile fires in Yosemite and Glacier National Parks have caught national headlines, however millions of…
“It is the lawyers who are funding for these extreme environmental groups, who are having a tremendous impact, (a) devastating impact on allowing us to move forward here on some common-sense timber projects..." Dillon Tabish Flathead Beacon In the midst…
The original presidential proclamation creating the Bears Ears National Monument did not establish a formal tribal co-management requirement. There are several ways Congress and the Interior Department could now implement formal co-management. Published by the Property and Environment Research Center…
Submitted comments from monument proponents were largely based on the false narrative that lacking monument status opened up the areas in question to the transfer or sell-off of public lands. Comments in favor of maintaining the national monuments in question…
The driving force of this trend can largely be attributed to ulterior motives. Instead of focusing on the protection of specific historic, cultural and scientific objects, the modern designation process is now driven by political gamesmanship, climate change, presidential legacies,…
The facts surrounding Shelby's recusal show that Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance clearly lied about not having 'a legal interest in the case,' but it's the emails between SUWA's Liz Thomas and the BLM director, Juan Palma, that unequivocally reveal the…
A 13-page memorandum to the Budget Committee this year contains his case for the proposed "paradigm shift" as well as calling for $50 million to facilitate conveyances of federal land to state, local and tribal governments. Bartholomew D. Sullivan USA…
Pearce last week urged Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to reduce the outline of the monument from 775 square miles to about 95 square miles and hopes to accompany Zinke on a promised visit to New Mexico in coming weeks. Albuquerque…
Within the ESA, extensive (unconstitutional) powers are given to the federal government to limit activities on state and private lands. For this reason, various agencies, including the Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, and Fish & Wildlife, and numerous extreme…