July 1, 2017 Ranching endangered by growing wolf population, not the other way around Managers in Oregon and Washington have struggled to come up with a plan to keep wolves under control. Washington even spent about $800,000 on…
June 30, 2017 Enviro lawsuits cost taxpayers billions illustrating need for Equal Access to Justice reform “Equal Access to Justice Act is a taxpayer funded meal ticket for environmental groups to collect attorney’s fees at enhanced rates…It’s an incentive to…
June 30, 2017 Farmers, ranchers ‘cheer’ cancellation of Obama ‘straitjacket’ WOTUS rule “Farmers and ranchers across this country are cheering,” said Zippy Duvall, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation…He said the Obama rule was “a…
June 29, 2017 Public lands ‘Deep State’ forges ahead despite Zinke plan to reduce Bears Ears If there is a public lands deep state, it would be composed of holdover groups such as the Bears Ears Commission. With an agenda…
June 29, 2017 New Mexico ranchers push for major shrinking of Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Monument Pearce last week urged Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to reduce the outline of the monument from 775 square miles to about 95 square miles…
June 28, 2017 Probe into Dan Love’s criminal conduct by OIG bolstered by additional evidence Information within the wrongful death lawsuit brought by the Estate of Dr. James Redd against Dan Love and the federal government furthers the contention…
June 28, 2017 FBI agent involved in LaVoy Finicum killing indicted for lying to obstruct justice An FBI agent has been indicted on federal accusations that he lied about firing at Robert “LaVoy” Finicum last year as police arrested the…
June 27, 2017 Catastrophic wildfires bring urgency to Resilient Federal Forests Act Such destructive and ever-larger wildfires are a perennial event, and each year various agencies must brace–under tight budgets and limited resources–for long, busy months…
June 27, 2017 New Mexico cannot sue Colorado for EPA debacle, Gold King Mine spill New Mexico and the Navajo Nation have sued the EPA over the spill. Government lawyers in February asked a federal judge to dismiss the…
June 26, 2017 Endangered Species Act: Weaponizing law to crush industry, property rights The Endangered Species Act is a powerful weapon for environmental groups because it forbids the “take” of any listed species, which prohibits essentially any…
