February 23, 2017 Bears Ears designation “swallows up” lifelong rancher’s water, grazing rights, private property The federal government should not have this kind of authority over a state and local people. Especially when the federal government employees are so…
February 23, 2017 Utah lawmakers to address ‘hell’ of BLM-created wild horse crisis “It is a hell,” said Rep. Ken Ivory, R-West Jordan, sponsor of HCR22. “They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions,” Ivory…
February 22, 2017 Forest Service confiscates private property despite willingness of landowners to negotiate The government’s claim that it, and hence the public, had a right to use the property without purchasing or negotiating with the family for…
February 22, 2017 Endangered Species Act: Poster child for backwards incentives What if those incentives were reversed? What if landowners were paid to create and preserve habitat, or better yet, to raise endangered species as…
February 21, 2017 Pruitt confirmation welcome in Colorado, the epicenter of massive EPA debacles The EPA wants millions in fines from Colorado Springs for speculative environmental harm that could happen, but probably won’t, even though the city has…
February 21, 2017 Obama Antiquities Act abuses challenged by Oregon lumber companies “The monument expansion is already having an immediate impact,” said Murphy Co. President John Murphy. “The Griffen Moon Timber Sale within the expansion area…
February 20, 2017 Grazing, management by ranchers critical to environmental health in West But what does this decline mean for the health and vitality of our public lands? Like your lawn, which needs trimming and mowing, rangelands…
February 20, 2017 Arizona border ranchers want Trump wall, but leary of federal agents on land “It used to take five days to get the ranch rounded up; it takes me seven weeks now and it’s because anybody coming through…
February 19, 2017 Former Colorado State Rep. calls out enviros for lies about bighorns on grazing allotments In two different opinion pieces in the Durango Herald, Dan Parkinson and John Mumma mislead readers about our sheep allotments on a very small part…
February 18, 2017 House Oversight pushes for probe of ethics breaches, possible crimes of BLM bully Dan Love “As a federal law enforcement officer, Love’s actions have the potential to not only taint your investigation, but to seriously undermine the trust in…
