Federal wildland fire management lacks a single focal point of responsibility for policy leadership and accountability for cost controls. While executive departments and agencies (agencies) have implemented Executive Order 13855 of December 21, 2018 (Promoting Active Management of America’s Forests,…
In 2011, FWS designated over 1,500 acres of land as critical habitat for the dusky gopher frog. Despite this designation, the dusky gopher frog had not lived on the land since at least 1965 and the land was currently uninhabitable…
Skipwith, echoing the Fish and Wildlife Service's long-held policy, told the AP the wolf has "biologically recovered" and that its removal from the list would demonstrate the effectiveness of the Endangered Species Act. Greenwire The Trump administration plans to lift…
Hollingsworth’s residence was searched by U.S. government and state officials, dressed to the nines in assault gear, seeking to regain possession of a trail camera—the precise camera they had surreptitiously placed on his private acreage after sneaking onto his property…
While it is easy to blame politicians, influences from new folks moving to our state, or our neighbors who are not getting to the polls and voting, we need to look further and deeper. We should not blame the undermining…
...BLM’s employees work in the West, its top officials work in a high-rise office building just steps from the Washington Nationals baseball stadium. BLM Headquarters’ staff is located thousands of miles and at least two time zones away from the…
All of these cases share a common feature: They arose from unelected bureaucrats making completely selective decisions about how a law should be interpreted and enforced, without the oversight or input of Congress or the public. Rachel Bovard USA Today…
Joe Robertson's case is one of many cited by President Trump as examples of the abuse of Americans by overzealous federal bureaucrats in various agencies...Bureaucratic power is stripped away by President Trump's EO's, which classify agency rules and guidelines, whether…
OHVs are singled out as a unique threat because they are designed, marketed, and manufactured for off-road use. While this statement is true, many other vehicles that are currently allowed in National Parks are also designed, marketed, and manufactured for…
"...Investigations performed by the Department’s Inspector General over the years have highlighted a culture at the Department of the Interior that did not embrace necessary ethical standards, which erodes the public’s faith in our work...” As posted on the Department…