October 11, 2016 What to do about growing conflicts over range lands in the West: Part 2 Grazing rights are inherently tenuous because agencies continually reallocate rangeland resources and adjust grazing privileges to meet changing political conditions. Moreover, without the right…
October 10, 2016 What to do about growing conflicts over range lands in the West: Part 1 In January 2016, an armed militia group seized control of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in eastern Oregon. Their goal: to protest federal control…
October 6, 2016 Alternative ways BLM can handle feral horses without euthanizing animals Today, the agency is overburdened by the sheer number of wild horses and burros. In addition to the 67,000 horses roaming free, 45,000 horses…
October 4, 2016 BLM Oregon plan locks up land, fails to revive struggling economy “Sustainable forest management, including timber production, promotes access into our public lands, improves wildlife habitat and generates revenue to support recreational opportunities. Closer to…
October 4, 2016 Colorado Rep re-introduces bill protecting land owners from BLM errors Tipton Re-Introduces Bill to Protect Private Land Owners Following BLM Resurveys “The bill also protects landowners if the BLM determines that the property that…
October 3, 2016 Unaccountable ‘animal rights’ activists making feral horse problem worse “(Horses) deemed unadoptable are the adults, because feral horses, unlike our pets, are for the most part unsafe to handle. There is nowhere else…
October 3, 2016 Locals oppose monument designation for Lost Coast Headlands Lost Coast Headlands face road troubles and resident disapproval on becoming national monument The Lost Coast Headlands was one of three Humboldt County locations…
September 29, 2016 What role does Congress have in wild horse crisis? Congress must get serious about the West’s wild horses “We had to do something,” one frustrated board member said. “We couldn’t just sit on…
September 27, 2016 Pacific Legal Foundation: BLM fracking rule is bureaucrats run amok Should unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats have free rein to regulate whatever they please? PLF argues “no,” in an amicus brief supporting four states, industry groups,…
September 26, 2016 Did federal informant’s tip result in killing of rancher LaVoy Finicum? Court Documents Expose Mark McConnell as a Government Informant against Oregon Occupiers Tim Brown Freedom Outpost Court documents now prove that Mark McConnell, the…