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…
February 18, 2017 House Dems vote to keep ‘boot heel’ of Revenue Dept. on necks of Colorado land owners It is an article of faith that Democrats in the Colorado Capitol care nothing for the state’s farmers and ranchers, and the big-city liberals…
February 18, 2017 Fact checking Utah’s corporate environmentalist exit …the governor won’t be hurt. The Legislature won’t be hurt. The congressional delegation won’t be hurt. In fact, they’ll be liberated. No longer will…
February 17, 2017 Oregon lawmakers step up to consider state authority over lands Wilson and other rural Republicans pointed out that their districts are overwhelmingly composed of federal land. They said cutbacks in logging due to overregulation had limited…
February 17, 2017 With timber communities at risk, Oregon counties fight Cascade-Siskiyou expansion The association sued President Donald Trump, the United States, Acting Secretary of the Interior Kevin Haugrud and the Bureau of Land Management. It asks…
February 16, 2017 When Marcus Mumford earned his ‘silver bracelets’ Was he confrontational? Did he attack someone in the courtroom? No, and no. Mumford’s ‘crime’ was to exercise his God-given right to speak in…
February 16, 2017 Nevada, Oregon Bundy trials marred by bumbling prosecutors, tainted witnesses U.S. District Judge Anna J. Brown already has issued orders for occupation leaders Ammon Bundy, who was acquitted of all charges, and Ryan Payne,…
