July 17, 2017 ‘Authoritarian’ overreach one reason for land management agencies shakeup It is a perennial issue in the West, because access to national forests, parks, wildlife refuges, and BLM land sometimes requires crossing private land….
July 15, 2017 Despite agreement, Montana helicopter fleet stays grounded in busy wildfire season “Regarding the issue relative to the Department of Agriculture, there appears to be an ongoing refusal on the part of the federal government and…
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 23, 2017 Senate inaction on illegal BLM ‘methane rule’ endangers jobs, affordable energy Americans will have to pay a hefty price for this needless rule. One analysis predicts it could cost over $1.2 billion a year. Small…
June 19, 2017 Zinke moves to drain the swamp at Interior Department Zinke’s departmental shake up is not just your typical, run-of-the-mill reorganization that happens each time a new administration takes power. Zinke took over a…
June 18, 2017 ‘Sagebrush Rebellion’ attorney, Karen Budd-Falen, in running to head up BLM Budd-Falen is well-known in the West for her work representing ranchers and is seen by some observers as a hero of the Sagebrush Rebellion,…
June 14, 2017 Bears Ears ‘protected,’ restricted from development BEFORE national monument proclamation The BLM’s resource management plan and maps of the region show that two-thirds of the land inside the 1.35-million acre monument is in some…
June 8, 2017 BLM ditches obligations as Oregon ranchers’ water rights lawsuit dismissed When the Whites tried to enforce their water rights with the Oregon Water Resources Department more than two decades later, however, the BLM determined…
June 1, 2017 New BLM wild horse plan addresses ‘unsustainable’ attempts to manage excess animals Good management of wild horses means treating them as what they are, livestock. Bison, once found in the millions on the wild prairies of…
