July 14, 2017 Despite ranchers’ concerns, Zinke recommends no changes to Craters, Hanford monuments Craters of the Moon was first designated in 1924 and occupied 54,000 acres. In 2000, President Clinton expanded it more than ten-fold, to 700,000…
July 13, 2017 Organ Mountains Monument: Too much land, too many restrictions A responsible review of the designation will loosen the bureaucratic grip that Washington has over thousands of acres and help put our lands back…
July 13, 2017 Native American management of antiquities provides alternative to monument land grabs Granting control of such sites to Native Americans would allow for protection of antiquities on federal land with much less political rancor and greater…
July 12, 2017 Jordan Cove natural gas project will help environment, increase geopolitical stability If you truly care about the environment, then supporting the export of natural gas to Asia, India and other Eastern European countries makes sense. …
July 12, 2017 ‘Failure’ of Grand Staircase-Escalante Monument due to negative economic impact The executive action instantaneously shut down a major American coal operation, killing thousands of jobs and driving a regulatory stake into the heart of…
July 11, 2017 ESA activists dispute science showing healthy numbers of black-backed woodpecker A master’s thesis presented in May by Elizabeth Matseur of the University of Columbia-Missouri estimated a population of 2,920 black-backed woodpeckers in the Black Hills in…
July 10, 2017 Lyman: ‘Envirophiliacs’ smear San Juan County locals with fake news about Recapture Canyon Recapture Canyon is not closed to motorized use. It sits next to San Juan County’s largest town of Blanding, the population of which is…
July 9, 2017 Mexican Wolf: A case study in why ‘federal approach to wildlife conservation doesn’t work’ A federal system based on such lengthy processes, subject to unending challenges and appeals, is absolutely paralyzed when it comes to decision-making, never mind…
July 8, 2017 Bears Ears reduction NOT unprecedented, and not up to Congress The Antiquities Act — which says monuments should be limited to the smallest area compatible with the site or object being protected — does…
July 7, 2017 Why the environment is better off with beef cattle Beef producers also want to care for their land, because we only have a limited amount and it keeps shrinking every day, month, and…
