November 10, 2016 Extreme greens blockade trails to deter Colorado hunters, off-roaders Until I moved to Western Colorado from Texas, I had never seen public lands being abused the way they are now. So much of the land…
November 10, 2016 Bears Ears will not be protected by overrunning it with tourism Though it aims to protect sacred space and preserve archaeological sites, a monument would actually tame the wild, overrun the spiritual, enforce webs of…
November 10, 2016 Owyhee Monument opponents hope Trump will help them escape federal designation Some Eastern Oregon ranchers believe Donald Trump’s victory makes it less likely that President Barack Obama will declare a national monument in Malheur County…
November 9, 2016 Debate on federal lands management heats up, even as Oregon standoff news cools down They all want to get to a point where the state can generate more economic activity on land currently owned and managed by the…
November 8, 2016 National Monuments: The New Feudalism In areas designated national monuments, productive activities are heavily restricted or even banned. These are precisely the sorts of restrictions that federal agencies have…
November 7, 2016 Is BLM transfer of land to National Parks Service legitimate? “The most common complaint I hear from locally elected officials in my district is that they are rarely consulted, rarely respected and often bypassed…
November 6, 2016 WikiLeaks exposes Podesta/PEW collusion behind Obama monuments push The email from PEW’s Mike Matz to Podesta, titled “National Monuments check in,” begins by citing a ‘lull’ in the creation of national monuments,…
November 6, 2016 North Dakota farmers, ranchers, make plea to Administration for relief from DAPL protests Ellingson and her husband are fourth and fifth generation ranchers and farmers in the area of the protests. She said law enforcement has seen…
November 5, 2016 Colorado Ranchers use solar power to pump water for livestock Moffat County ranchers tap the sun to deliver water to animals Solar-powered water systems let livestock drink more easily and take pressure off ponds…
November 4, 2016 Feds used decoy journalists to extract information in Bunkerville raid “It puts a chill in the air for people who want to report newsworthy events,” Rasmussen explained. “This creates a cause for concern for…
