The era of powerful presidents and weak congresses is clearly not over, with a Congress too divided to decide anything. This month a new and even more divided Congress took office, perhaps even more dysfunctional, and certainly angrier. Governing Without…
The order also calls on federal officials to streamline regulations and permitting processes to allow the harvest of at least 3.8 billion board feet from U.S. Forest Service lands and 600 million board feet from Bureau of Land Management lands.…
Wild horses are a contentious subject in the Malheur National Forest, where ranchers say the animals trample stream banks to the detriment of federally-protected fish, preventing cattle from being allowed to graze on affected allotments. Mateusz Perkowski Capital Press Ranchers…
Mounting evidence suggest the wildfires were in large part a result of regulatory failure. ProPublica, an investigative outlet based in New York, reviewed records and conducted dozens of interviews concerning one of these deadly fires: the Carr Fire. Its team ultimately…
However, by 2009, the wolf population in the study grid was nearly 100. At the same time, and not coincidentally, according to Mech, less than 25 percent of cow moose had a living calf. Also, it was observed that by then only…
"It is a monstrosity, and why is that necessary?" asked Steven County rancher Scott Nielsen, a member of the county association and president of the Cattle Producers of Washington. "It's a lot of what concerns and scares us. Why can't…
He said that in the past he has approached U.S. Forest Service (USFS) officials a number of times about the potential of his product for addressing the trend of hot, massive, deadly wildfires that have blackened the West in recent…
A document released on November 27 confirms what we had previously reported about the Bureau of Land Management head of Law Enforcement Services misuse of federal vehicles. By Marjorie Haun A document released on November 27 confirms what we had…