May 1, 2022 Bears Ears and the Babylon Allotment: Co-management or co-negligence? Unlike cattle and sheep ranchers who hold grazing permits which they must diligently maintain and improve, and vigorously defend when the time comes to…
November 23, 2019 The case for abolishing the federal Indian reservation system To Make and Keep America Great, end the spread of tribalism as an unconstitutional governing system in the United States by restoring the United…
September 18, 2019 Utah State Rep: National Parks’ ban of OHVs on designated roads and trails not justified “…the owners of street-legal OHVs comply with numerous laws and regulations to be given the privilege to drive on a wide range of state…
September 13, 2019 Endangered Species restoration doesn’t need more funding, it needs less federal regulation Here is a simple recommendation for how sponsors could best “fix” the bill. Take out the federal funding parts, eliminate all the federal regulatory…
August 17, 2019 After 5 years, Forest Service still hasn’t repaired damage it caused to Trail of Tears At the height of summer in Tennessee’s eastern mountains Wednesday, kudzu was growing waist-high and higher at the gated entrance to the Trail of…
July 8, 2019 California’s 147 million dead trees a powder keg waiting to be lit “It’s just a matter of time,” says Amy Head, a Cal Fire battalion chief. “When it happens, we’re looking at dry standing fuel ready…
June 24, 2019 Federal Management Fail: National Parks crumbling after decades of inaction “Decades of inaction have gotten us to this point. But the Trump Administration has proposed a solution,” Bernhardt said. The Trump administration’s 2019 budget…
June 14, 2019 How much worse will forest fires have to get before feds act decisively? The USFS says since 1994, bark beetles have wiped out over four million acres in the southern Rockies. The trees turn red, then brown,…
June 12, 2019 Realistic management plan needed for Idaho’s exploding wolf population By 2011, Idaho had well over 1,000 wolves — a far cry from the 30 called for in the reintroduction plan. We’ve never recovered…
June 11, 2019 Tens of billions going to solar and wind which still produce only 3% of US energy About 98% of the combined industrial, commercial, residential and transportation sectors energy needs are supplied by non-renewable energy resources. Watts Up With That? Larry…