October 22, 2016 Broken Trust: Jewell plan falls short of promised tribal equality “Cooperative” management does not put Native American tribes on the same legal footing with the U.S. government. “It seems they don’t want to have…
October 21, 2016 Memo to Feds: Don’t grab another acre until you can manage what you have Consider just a few of these backlogged projects on federal lands: At least $15 million is needed to fix the “deteriorated condition” of the…
October 21, 2016 EDITORIAL: America’s dangerous transition away from the Rule of Law Unless the citizens acknowledge and appreciate the dire threat this transfer of power to an elite few poses, and act in time to stop…
October 20, 2016 Another Utah county joins the battle against Bears Ears land grab A majority of Utah politicians, almost all of them Republicans, have argued the measure could crush already-struggling rural economies across the southern end of…
October 20, 2016 Without explanation, BLM hides Native American artifacts from tribes More that 3,500 Native American artifacts taken from an ancient, lakeside village site on public land in eastern Riverside County remain boxed up and…
October 19, 2016 Radical environmentalism gets a new name thanks, to Obama Antiquities Act Abuse Environmentalists at and around Southern Oregon University apparently were given special notice of the meeting ahead of other key stakeholders and opponents to the proposed massive…
October 19, 2016 OPINION: Feds impede access to public lands in Montana We have example after example where politicians are “all talk no action.” Federal agencies have a “block public land access for a radical environmental…
October 18, 2016 Elite ‘governing class’ above the law when wrecking the environment Pollute water and the EPA will have no mercy. It will charge, convict, fine, imprison and alert the media. Unless the polluter is the…
October 18, 2016 Oregon standoff trial highlights federal vs locals public lands struggles The occupiers argue the federal government can’t manage public lands as well as state, counties or private entities. They’d even like to see the…
October 17, 2016 Pressure from wealthy environmentalists spurs Obama Methow mining ban The Methow Valley is a bit like the Ketchum-Hailey-Sun Valley area in Idaho, a progressive, “green” redoubt in a conservative, pro-development corner of its…
