January 21, 2019 Utah challenges federal control of western lands An argument could be made that federal ownership of major swaths of 12 Western states effectively deprives them of the same sovereignty as the…
January 20, 2019 Michigan township tells homeowners they don’t own the trees on their property The township of Canton, Michigan makes it a crime to remove any “tree” (defined as anything with a three-inch wooded stem) without a permit….
January 19, 2019 With Congress in paralysis, Trump takes wildfire management into his own hands The era of powerful presidents and weak congresses is clearly not over, with a Congress too divided to decide anything. This month a new…
January 16, 2019 Farmers Under Fire: Trial Lawyers’ Attack on Agriculture “On paper it looks like they’re suing Smithfield Foods, but the farmer is the one on trial,” Overman said. “Once the trial is over…
January 14, 2019 Conservation Easements and Land Trusts are subverting private property rights There have been encroachments on private property over the past one hundred plus years, but now we are seeing a steady army of those…
January 13, 2019 Lee recruits Romney in fight to protect Utah from Antiquities Act abuses “Rural Americans want what all Americans want: a dignified decent-paying job, a family to love and support, and a healthy community whose future is…
January 11, 2019 Alarmist paper uses “climate change” to push international Communism The scientists warned the global warming tipping point to an uninhabitable “hothouse Earth” was 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. “Fundamental societal changes” to…
January 10, 2019 Trump Admin asks Supreme Court to determine if groundwater is federally-regulated The Justice Department yesterday recommended the high court decide whether the landmark environmental law applies to pollution that travels through groundwater before reaching federally…
January 7, 2019 Government shutdown makes the case for state control of national parks and monuments The federal government, on the other hand, has no skin in the game when it comes to shutting down monuments and national parks thousands…
January 7, 2019 Arizona extremist group wants three-quarters of a million acres for garter snake “critical habitat” The Center for Biological Diversity, a radical “sue and settle” group intent on pushing agriculture and other human activities off public lands, is suing…
