February 15, 2019 States must have a role in endangered species determinations “When an animal is categorized as an endangered species, it is the states and local communities that are most impacted, but currently they can’t…
February 12, 2019 Black Vultures: The emerging, federally-protected livestock scourge Black vultures killed nine calves on Tretter’s Illinois farm in 2018. Eyes pecked out and backsides torn to a bloody pulp, the calves were…
February 11, 2019 LaPlata County may terminate citizen-led land use planning districts The three Democrats on the county commission have found themselves at odds with local landowners, developers and businesses over what appears to be a…
February 11, 2019 Town council in Colorado wants to turn private canals into urban trails “The water districts all signed an agreement not to use the canal roads but the City has it in its long term budget. They,…
February 10, 2019 Speak your Mind: WOTUS comment period open “For the first time, we are clearly defining the difference between federally protected waterways and state protected waterways. Our simpler and clearer definition would…
February 8, 2019 “Grossly unethical” prosecutors try desperately to re-open Bundy case Navarro initially granted a mistrial after finding that the federal government improperly withheld evidence. She said video surveillance, maps and FBI interview information were…
February 7, 2019 Oregon rancher’s wolf deterrent is…wacky The strategy has been similarly effective for Birdseye at the Mill-Mar Ranch. Every evening around 8:30 or 9 p.m., he drives out to the…
February 6, 2019 Animal agriculture crucial to human & environmental well being If not consumed by livestock, crop residues and by-products could quickly become an environmental burden as the human population grows and consumes more and…
February 5, 2019 Soros-funded group loses lawsuit against pro-lands transfer Montana senator The message here is clear: Stick up for state and local control of land and resources, and you will be harassed, and taxpayer money…
February 2, 2019 Democrats want to blow up Utah monument to 10 times its current size “During the meeting, I sat in a room where not one lawmaker indicated to me the intention of introducing a bill affecting Utah’s 3rd…
