May 31, 2017 Forestry 101: Log it, thin it, or watch it burn Fire is natural to forested landscapes in the West. Most people understand the difference between natural low-intensity fires and catastrophic, stand-replacing crown fires. In…
May 31, 2017 Aspen’s water right gets walloped by ‘wilderness’ Karma The environmental groups opposing Aspen assert that the city doesn’t need the water, though that is a difficult case to make against any growing…
May 30, 2017 Idaho BLM tries balanced approach on grazing plan, enviros lose their minds Lisa Cresswell, the planning and environmental coordinator for the Twin Falls District of the BLM, said the document combined with the BLM’s 2015 Greater…
May 30, 2017 Radical environmentalist messaging on BLM flaring rule is ‘mythology’ The narrative pushed by the environmental left provides cover for politicians, but it also puts pressure on the Trump administration to ease up on…
May 29, 2017 Bill to end ATF war on sporting firearms, ammo introduced by Utah Rep. Rob Bishop of Utah introduced his own bill scaling back certain powers of the Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Agency (ATF). But instead of dealing…
May 28, 2017 78 year old Navy veteran, Joe Robertson, imprisoned for ‘EPA crimes’ The EPA alleged Robertson allowed dirt from the ponds to enter a tributary of nearby Cataract Creek. The federal agency subsequently charged and convicted…
May 28, 2017 County Commissioners from Utah warn of monuments’ crippling economic effects Healthy economies require diversity allowing them to maneuver through inevitable industry trends. Locking up 1.3 million acres of land further restricts the county’s already…
May 27, 2017 Ute woman calls out ‘false narratives’ used by enviro groups to push Bears Ears Monument For decades we’ve seen special interest groups like Sierra Club and SUWA lobby for the full extinguishment of our rights to public lands using…
May 26, 2017 Natural Resources head moves to bring more local control to land, resource policies “Our experience has been that the BLM [Bureau of Land Management] planners hold very few public meetings where information is given, but not exchanged,”…
May 25, 2017 Duarte, Robertson, the Hammonds: Trump must stop federal prosecution of property owners “The Corps and EPA are not trying to micromanage farmers, they are trying to stop farmers from farming their fields. They’re trying to turn…
