December 14, 2016 A failing legacy: Obama’s Bears Ears monument proposal gets D’s in every category Since Obama took office in 2008, he has set aside more than 550 million acres in two dozen monuments — the most of any…
December 14, 2016 Justified: The story of the Bundy Ranch Standoff as told by Ammon Bundy Narrated by Ammon Bundy while in an Oregon prison following his arrest for the protest at the Malheur Refuge, this video explains the history of his ancestral ranch….
December 13, 2016 Will Obama impose ‘imperial’ designation on Bears Ears? But there are also some honest disagreements about how exactly the land should be protected. Most Native Americans who live around Bears Ears and use the…
December 12, 2016 Trump voters angry with D.C., want smaller government, bigger citizens You see, the D.C. crowd has viewed the lack of a revolt to their expansion of government beyond its constitutional tether as indicative of…
December 9, 2016 Following acquittals, Oregon standoff prosecutors rethinking next phase of trial Patrick contends that the jury in the first trial concluded that a conspiracy did not exist. He notes that the original indictment lists all…
December 8, 2016 BLM gets blowback on new rules which limit free speech rights The BLM Colorado office received some 560 comments by Monday’s deadline in the case of supplementary rules the agency says it is proposing to…
December 6, 2016 EDITORIAL: ‘On-the-ground’ solutions better than strong-armed monument designation Selective wilderness designations, river protections and broad prohibitions on mining would be strategic, consequential steps Congress could take to protect the Owyhee Canyonlands, the…
December 4, 2016 U.S. Forest Service rampant with sexual harassment, civil rights abuses A longtime employee at California’s Eldorado National Forest said Thursday that the Forest Service “is rigged against women for reporting sexual harassment or assault,”…
December 1, 2016 Forest Service says ‘NO’ to disabled woman seeking access to mountain bike trails with e-bike The U.S. Forest Service says even though Bella Berlly of Klickitat County has a degenerative disease, she can’t use an e-bike on mountain-bike trails….
November 27, 2016 Feds launch attack on Montana ranchers’ property rights There was an alternate proposed route that didn’t cut through the ranch’s front yard. The Forest Service could have reached an amicable conclusion with…
