Just what does the LWCF do? The Fund was created in 1964...Its main activity has been to gobble up private land (read: nationalize) and put it under government ownership, management, and political control. Among other things, this means that the…
People make better decisions if they have to walk down Main Street the next day, facing the folks whose lives are affected. That is common sense. It sometimes seems rare in Washington, but in this case it is being realized…
"...the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana approved a consent decree last week. Per the agreement, FWS will no longer protect the 1,500 acres of contested, private land as critical habitat for the dusky gopher frog. Other…
“Thanks to Rose’s courage and the Supreme Court’s careful examination of this issue, property owners should now receive a prompt and fair federal hearing when the government takes their property for public use but fails to pay compensation.” Supreme Court…
To say that Native American residents will never be shut out from access to the Bears Ears area is a naive notion. The Keyali story should be a clear reminder of what can happen. I read recently in an article…
"The water districts all signed an agreement not to use the canal roads but the City has it in its long term budget. They, water associations, will say one thing to the public and then do exactly the opposite!" by…
Models that cannot be confirmed by actual observations are of little value and certainly should not be a basis for vital energy policy making. The alarmist mantra seems to be: If models and reality don’t agree, reality must be wrong.…
An argument could be made that federal ownership of major swaths of 12 Western states effectively deprives them of the same sovereignty as the remaining 38 states, he said. “Why are we inferior because we chose to live in the…
The Justice Department yesterday recommended the high court decide whether the landmark environmental law applies to pollution that travels through groundwater before reaching federally regulated water. Two recent circuit court decisions say yes, but critics think that approach vastly expands…
The debate over public lands is easily resolved by applying the 10th Amendment: The powers not delegated to the federal government are reserved to the States or to the people. Phil Lyman Republican Candidate for Utah House District 73 Three…