December 10, 2016 Congress’ top watchdog warns feds not to destroy documents before transition Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) sent letters to agency heads Tuesday saying they have a duty under law to preserve and protect…
December 10, 2016 Western Colorado counties hope to halt restrictive BLM planning rule The BLM this month announced that the rule was final and on Monday, Garfield County agreed to spend as much as $40,000 with the…
December 9, 2016 House committee slams ‘absurd’ USDA catfish inspection program Compared to the $700,000 that the FDA previously spent annually on inspecting catfish, the USDA has spent nearly $20 million developing its program and…
December 9, 2016 Following acquittals, Oregon standoff prosecutors rethinking next phase of trial Patrick contends that the jury in the first trial concluded that a conspiracy did not exist. He notes that the original indictment lists all…
December 8, 2016 BLM gets blowback on new rules which limit free speech rights The BLM Colorado office received some 560 comments by Monday’s deadline in the case of supplementary rules the agency says it is proposing to…
December 8, 2016 Glorification of wolves is unrealistic in real-world wildlife, livestock management The blatant disregard for any life but the glorious wolf is what has produced the lack of success this program is plagued with. The…
December 7, 2016 Could Utah’s Mike Noel purge BLM of its bureaucratic rot The lands upon which Noel’s constituents live and work have been the target of broad and destructive federal land seizures, including Clinton’s 1.7 million…
December 7, 2016 Federal forest policies one big reason for worsening wildfires across U.S. Over 60 years of total fire suppression policy led to more intense fires that are more dangerous and difficult to extinguish. The cost of fire suppression, unsurprisingly,…
December 6, 2016 Obama Dakota Pipeline ban likely to be reversed by Trump Administration Out-of-state environmental activists broke out into public cheers during a rally after the U.S. Department of the Army, staffed by President Obama’s progressive team,…
December 6, 2016 EDITORIAL: ‘On-the-ground’ solutions better than strong-armed monument designation Selective wilderness designations, river protections and broad prohibitions on mining would be strategic, consequential steps Congress could take to protect the Owyhee Canyonlands, the…
