May 8, 2019 Five-year Recapture Retrospective: BLM continues its course of dysfunction and corruption What we have seen in Utah, especially in southern Utah, is the steady encroachment and mismanagement of federal resources that are important to our…
May 6, 2019 Not COOL: Labeling policy crushing American ranchers The Wishons say made-in-America labeling could determine their survival as independent producers. The family’s operation was solidly profitable four years ago but now exists…
April 18, 2019 Oregon rancher justified in shooting wolf to protect cow dog, livestock Aguilar said he fired between 25 and 30 shots, and still the wolves remained, unfazed by the warnings. Wildlife managers told him there were…
April 6, 2019 Big tourism kills traditional industries, and now it’s killing the environment …we kill off the traditional industries that supported western towns, replacing them with the tourism that beautiful places attract when promoted. Then decide we’re…
March 26, 2019 Federal agency to blame for severity of Midwest flooding When operating the reservoir, the agency misjudges the amount of water that should be released and prioritizes the welfare of endangered animals over the…
March 13, 2019 Federal restrictions in Utah monument prove fatal for dozens of visitors “The 1996 monument prohibits the most basic signing to direct visitors to and from the Dry Fork slot canyons. In the spring of 2018,…
March 12, 2019 Wolves don’t regard state boundaries, ranchers need to be prepared With the ability to travel long distances the wolf has a history of not stopping at state lines. As many things in nature cross…
March 6, 2019 Arizona ranchers frustrated with lack of federal presence at Mexico border “The Border Patrol are in the Tucson station, which is 80 miles north of the border,” said Chilton, criticizing what is known as the…
February 26, 2019 Without Country of Origin Labeling, Americans have no clue where beef and pork come from …all the beef and pork derived from imported live cattle and hogs from Canada and Mexico that are slaughtered in the United States is…
February 18, 2019 “Epidemic” of dead trees imperiling US forests U.S. forestry officials reported 27 million trees died in California in the 12 months running up to December 2017. Since 2010, 129 million trees…