May 9, 2017 Trump EPA strategy shifts enforcement powers from D.C. bureaucrats to states In giving EPA police powers to enforce environmental laws (30 years ago), Congress never envisioned midnight raids with SWAT teams and attack dogs, confiscating…
May 9, 2017 Federal lands management is failing, here are some innovative solutions Targeted reforms to existing management policies could provide local managers with greater freedom and flexibility to implement creative, locally responsive management solutions while remaining…
May 8, 2017 San Juan County’s largest Navajo chapter formally opposes Bears Ears Monument Named after a pair of mesas which dominate the high desert landscape, Bears Ears is arid, and rich in minerals and fossil fuels, but…
May 8, 2017 Utah national monuments ‘adversely impact’ ranching, multiple use, economic development The courts have declared there is no need to protect common sagebrush ground with no scientific or historic value. While there are clearly beautiful…
May 7, 2017 Stewards of San Juan County rally locals to magnify the message, #RescindBearsEars Wesley Tyler of Roy, Utah challenges Interior Secretary Zinke to ask ‘supporters’ of Obama’s Bears Ears federal designation where they are from. Chances are,…
May 6, 2017 Is Trump monuments review a step towards greater state, local control of public lands? The order directs the the Secretary to “consult and coordinate with the Governors of States affected by monument designations or other relevant officials of…
May 5, 2017 Patagonia et al. looking for profits and subsidies from Antiquities Act land grabs Corporations like Patagonia, however, are raking it in. The outdoor recreation industry generates about $120 billion per year in revenues. As more wilderness areas…
May 5, 2017 ‘Environmental bias’ has WA ranchers wary about Forest Service monitoring The agency has been scolded and received enough pressure from members of Congress for its “blatant mistakes” and “environmental bias” in monitoring that it’s…
May 4, 2017 EPA creates illegal Superfund site to hide liability in Gold King Mine spill Shortly after the EPA triggered the release, to obscure and limit its own liability, the EPA created the Bonita Peak Mining District—around the Gold…
May 4, 2017 BLM Roan Plateau grazing cuts will ‘really hurt a lot of ranchers’ Korry Lewis, a Wyoming attorney representing the ranchers, argues that the BLM is basing its assessment of current conditions on an evaluation done in…
