February 10, 2018 Colorado citizens issue resolution calling for proper administration of water rights Plans using vague terms such as ‘banking, ‘augmentation,’ ‘fallowing,’ ‘consumptive conservation,’ etc., offer property owners–mostly farmers and ranchers–generous cash payments to decrease or stop…
February 9, 2018 Commissioner’s environmental lobbying activities spur Colorado recall effort While serving as La Plata County Commissioner, Lachelt has been receiving payments from the environmentalist non-profit, Western Leaders Network, to support her travel and…
February 8, 2018 Utah’s Noel introduces bill creating review process for federal designations Utah’s ongoing national monuments controversies may help jump-start Representative Noel’s bill. The painful and divisive conflicts over Utah’s unpopular Grand Staircase-Escalante (Clinton 1996) and…
February 7, 2018 Humane Society ‘scumbag’ CEO steps down amid sexual assault accusations When multiple news outlets reported that HSUS CEO Wayne Pacelle was under investigation regarding multiple complaints of sexual harassment, the media storm that followed aligned with…
February 6, 2018 Flashback 2013: Wolves kill 176 sheep on Idaho ranch Despite an abundance of data showing wolf reintroduction into regions where they have not existed for decades or centuries–if at all–is harmful to wildlife,…
February 6, 2018 Patagonia ‘public lands’ campaign all about subsidizing elite industrial tourism When it came to BLM lands, each recreation visitor cost $1.49 but brought in only $0.31 for the agency. The shortfalls are borne by…
February 5, 2018 Who are the big players in the anti-livestock movement? Memphis Meats is a business…well, I don’t think I can call them a business if they aren’t selling anything or making any money besides…
February 4, 2018 Opening up land to ‘homestead’ Americans displaced by natural disasters What if, instead of spending money to rebuild in the same disaster-prone places, we offered land to build somewhere else? That is the question…
February 3, 2018 Montana State Senator joins fight to free Hammonds from prison “WHEREAS, Rather than citing Dwight and Steven for a “trespass burn”, which is the standard citation under BLM land-use statutes, federal prosecutors instead charged…
February 2, 2018 FBI agents, sheriff named in civil lawsuit by LaVoy Finicum’s passengers The 18-page complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Portland alleges that they were the victims of an “armed ambush, excessive-force seizure, conspiracy, battery…
