Palma will also oversee the “development, implementation, and management” of a national BLM “climate/equity/environmental justice committee,” the job post said. Scott Streater E&E News Retired Utah director, ousted Alaska director return to BLM The Bureau of Land Management is bringing…
The ruling comes nearly two weeks after a Wisconsin judge ruled similarly regarding a suit brought by a dozen white farmers insisting that they be included in the relief program. Andrew Trunsky Daily Caller Another Judge Temporarily Blocks Biden’s Debt Relief Program…
A South Dakota farmer is suing the federal government after its Agriculture Department ordered him not to farm his farm. It seems the Washington bureaucrats have determined that a mud puddle in one of his fields is a protected "wetlands."…
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…