March 1, 2019 Letter: New San Juan commissioners steamroll locals with enviro agenda These two men that claim to represent us are having their strings pulled and tugged at by forces unseen. They are getting their documents…
February 27, 2019 La Plata commissioners insult locals, make bizarre missteps With county officials centralizing power into their own hands, castigating locals for non-existent offenses, and taking long vacations while collecting fat government paychecks, perhaps…
February 26, 2019 Without Country of Origin Labeling, Americans have no clue where beef and pork come from …all the beef and pork derived from imported live cattle and hogs from Canada and Mexico that are slaughtered in the United States is…
February 25, 2019 Avalanche of land-grabbing “management” bills will harm state, local economies The Senate package designates 1.3 million acres in California, New Mexico, Oregon and Utah as wilderness, the strictest form of federal protection that bans…
February 23, 2019 Grijalva joins enviro extremists in push for 1.7 million acre Arizona land grab The Southern Arizona Congressman is expected to unveil legislation that seeks to authorize a permanent 1.7 million acre land grab in Northern Arizona and…
February 22, 2019 “Socially Responsible Agricultural Project” is a front for animal rights radicals SRAP is the driving force behind many recent nuisance lawsuits that are working to devastate large family farms. They specialize in agitating community members,…
February 21, 2019 Natural Resources Management Act a mixed mess with more bad than good When the program was first passed in 1964 it promised to direct 60 percent of its funds to states and 40 percent to federal…
February 20, 2019 Will SCOTUS decision subject your septic tank to federal regulations? Petitioners also argue the decision would subject taxpayers to costly permits and fines. The 9th Circuit ruling could also mean property owners with, say,…
February 18, 2019 “Epidemic” of dead trees imperiling US forests U.S. forestry officials reported 27 million trees died in California in the 12 months running up to December 2017. Since 2010, 129 million trees…
February 16, 2019 WOTUS revisions take some burden off agriculture “…This proposed rule would also clarify that cropland that is left idle or fallow for conservation or agricultural purposes for any period of time…