November 29, 2017 UN using federal ‘public-private partnerships’ as backdoor for global policies The Outdoor Industry Association and NGOs love this as it benefits corporate greed and NGO agendas to lock up and control land. The Wilderness Society spells out just…
November 28, 2017 Hunting provides economic, practical foundation for wildlife conservation Monuments and national parks create myriad cumbersome regulations, preclude land and wildlife management methods prescribed by professional biologists, and in many cases have resulted…
November 27, 2017 Water for food production must be highest priority Another concern that came out of the OSU study was that the region’s growing population will ultimately max out the water supplies of several…
November 26, 2017 NIMBY epidemic ravages Colorado’s eco-snobbery class “People in Nigeria,” he said, “go camping every day of their life, for their entire life.” Mbride smiled and continued, “only people in America…
November 25, 2017 Oregon Dilemma: Endangered steelhead trout vs Protected sea lions In 1999, about 15,000 winter steelhead passed Willamette Falls. In 2016, scientists with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife counted just 512. “We’re…
November 24, 2017 Zinke’s Interior upends Obama era anti-domestic energy policies The Department of Interior announced it is rescinding a policy implemented under former President Barack Obama placing large areas of public lands off limits…
November 23, 2017 Insane zoning regs stripping citizens’ private property rights Regulations that destroy property value are referred to as “regulatory takings,” as I have mentioned in previous columns. The courts say there is no…
November 22, 2017 Federal actions, regulations put on trial in Bundy Ranch proceedings The Endangered Species Act lead to the governments action of reducing Cliven’s legal grazing from 152 to 89 head of cattle. But In order…
November 21, 2017 Oregon water rights lawsuit against BLM may be headed to Supreme Court Meanwhile, the BLM would revoke the 1,400 additional AUMS as their water rights were restored. While they initially agreed to this arrangement, the Whites…
November 20, 2017 Western lawmakers support Trump’s Interior Department makeover Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is planning a major reorganization of the Department of the Interior (DOI). He is currently considering moving at least three…
