January 9, 2017 EPA sends 1,115,539 pounds of toxic metals into Lake Powell, pats itself on back for clean rivers Those toxic metals are now likely sitting at the bottom of Lake Powell where they could be stirred up by future storms and surges…
January 9, 2017 Feds try to silence blogger reporting about Oregon standoff informants Hunt said the agent asked where he got the documents, wanted him to remove his blog posts and hand over the reports he had….
January 8, 2017 Obama moves to lock up 6.5 million acres of resource-rich Alaska lands Overall, 4.8 million acres would be closed off to mining in the Eastern Interior under the new plans, while 1.7 million would be potentially…
January 7, 2017 COMMENTARY: Punish criminals, but free the Hammonds By coincidence, the original judge in the Hammonds’ case found a mandatory five-year sentence overly punitive given the circumstances of their crimes. The Hammonds…
January 7, 2017 Progressive elites seek to ‘socially engineer’ rural Americans out of existence Consider the case of the late John Rapanos, a hard-working, patriotic Michigan developer who, as the son of Greek immigrants, was living the American…
January 6, 2017 Feds use environmental law to ramp up war on rural America That’s what happens, for instance, when the EPA threatens landowners with $37,500 per day in fines ($1 mil per month) for actions as innocuous…
January 6, 2017 Why Trump’s new BLM Director must fire Daniel P. Love What resulted was an unbelievable show of force, including over 200 agents, among whom were snipers whose weapons were trained on the protesters. Cliven Bundy’s civil disagreement with the BLM…
January 6, 2017 VIDEO: Senator Mike Lee confronts unjust Obama seizure of Utah lands VIDEO: Senator Mike Lee (R) Utah, explains the devious process which resulted in the federal seizure of over 1.3 million acres of resource-rich lands…
January 5, 2017 Ranchers vow to fight Obama land grabs, sage grouse plans, BLM rules “Ranchers that operate on federal lands protect water sources used by livestock and wildlife, maintain fence lines, reduce spread of invasive weeds like cheatgrass…
January 5, 2017 Nevada defendants want jurors to see ranch where BLM forced standoff Parker contended in the motion that visiting the scene will help jurors understand the scope of the rural area. In particular, he urged the…