February 27, 2017 Cliven Bundy’s ideas about public lands management reflected in recent legislation “Disarm the National Park Service,” the recalcitrant cowboy cried in a video played in court recently, during the ongoing trial against six people charged…
February 26, 2017 California county may owe dairy farmers $48 million for taking of private land San Bernardino County could pay $48 million for the property of one of the few remaining Chino dairy farmers after the family complained in…
February 25, 2017 ‘Emotion’ behind Colorado bill to protect property, human rights from feds still simmering The emotional stories of hardships drew the attention of several of the committee members. Rep. Tim Leonard (R-25) in particular asked about the current…
February 25, 2017 New Mexico ranchers fear Democrat monument expansions ‘aimed at pushing them from the land’ But ranchers from some rural communities fear the new designations will amount to another layer of bureaucracy aimed at pushing them from the land….
February 24, 2017 Malice at Malheur: FBI informants authorized to coax protesters, engage in criminal conduct While federal prosecutors made more deliberate attempts to draw connections for jurors between the evidence and the conspiracy charge, much of the day was…
February 24, 2017 Forest Service to takeover private land in Colorado county where 96% already under federal control “As a county with 96.5% public land (of which 48% is Wilderness or de facto wilderness), three national forests, and BLM land, we have a…
February 23, 2017 Bears Ears designation “swallows up” lifelong rancher’s water, grazing rights, private property The federal government should not have this kind of authority over a state and local people. Especially when the federal government employees are so…
February 23, 2017 Utah lawmakers to address ‘hell’ of BLM-created wild horse crisis “It is a hell,” said Rep. Ken Ivory, R-West Jordan, sponsor of HCR22. “They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions,” Ivory…
February 22, 2017 Forest Service confiscates private property despite willingness of landowners to negotiate The government’s claim that it, and hence the public, had a right to use the property without purchasing or negotiating with the family for…
February 22, 2017 Endangered Species Act: Poster child for backwards incentives What if those incentives were reversed? What if landowners were paid to create and preserve habitat, or better yet, to raise endangered species as…
