January 28, 2017 Movement to rescind federal monuments takeovers ignites in Utah legislature Noel believes the appropriate size of the monument should be no more than 500,000 acres and that multiple laws exist on the books to…
January 28, 2017 Feds get slammed by courts in WOTUS jurisdiction case The Supreme Court ruled unanimously in favor of Hawkes, setting a precedent that landowners may challenge the Corps’ jurisdictional determinations. The case was then…
January 27, 2017 Flashback: Did pressure from Oregon Governor Brown lead to killing of LaVoy Finicum? Brown’s appeal to Loretta Lynch for a ‘swift resolution’ to the matter was a rhetorical grenade thrown into the middle of an otherwise peaceful–though sometimes…
January 27, 2017 Jeanette Finicum to sue feds for killing of LaVoy one year ago The suit will allege that the FBI fired at Finicum “when he’s getting out of his car to surrender,” Claypool said. “What’s critical is…
January 26, 2017 Feds try to hide possible misdeeds of BLM agents in Bundy Ranch Standoff trial Prosecutors in Las Vegas filed a Motion In Limine late Tuesday in the case of The United States vs Cliven Bundy et al — in hopes that…
January 26, 2017 Utah Congressman introduces bill to strip police powers from BLM, Forest Service The undeniable perception was that Bureau of Land Management (BLM) agents using dogs, Tasers, armored vehicles, full body armor and automatic weapons to confront a rancher who was…
January 25, 2017 Trump orders progress on Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines For Keystone XL, the Obama administration’s own State Department reviewed the project multiple times and concluded that the pipeline would pose negligible environmental risk and not…
January 25, 2017 In final act of spite, Obama bans use of traditional ammo on USFW lands The ban, which includes cheap bullets and common fishing tackle, can be repealed by the Trump administration and was immediately condemned as an attack…
January 24, 2017 Amateur geologist harassed by feds over legally-obtained fossils takes own life Ramirez continued to interrogate and harass Weaver for approximately four hours. Ramirez peppered him with questions about mining on public lands, and made other…
January 24, 2017 Poll: Utah ready to fight for state control of public lands The question is should use of those lands be determined by federal land agencies – like the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest…
