January 2, 2017 Endangered Species Act: Conservation or assault on property rights? Fostering landowner resentment and hard feelings towards the government is counterproductive because private landowners are the key to successful endangered species conservation. Nationwide, private…
January 1, 2017 Happy New Year: Obama land grabs can be reversed by Congress, Trump Administration Mr. Obama has repeatedly abused his authority under the Antiquities Act to declare vast new national monuments, including on the high seas. This week’s…
December 31, 2016 Oversight Committee responds to Obama Antiquities Act abuses in federal land grabs In his letters to Jewell and the White House Council on Environmental Quality, Chaffetz asserts two key federal laws governing public purpose, public participation…
December 31, 2016 Astroturf Tribes: Big corporations, enviros, not Native Americans driving Bears Ears Monument White-dominated environmental pressure groups use of Native Americans’ race to pursue their agendas, such as Bears Ears, is disturbing. “Since those involved in the…
December 30, 2016 Trump the Monument: Local outcry grows following Obama Bears Ears declaration Critics believe that one way or another, the monument designation will not be lasting — and whatever environmental legacy Obama wanted to leave will…
December 29, 2016 EPA: Extreme Politics Agency “Government employees and contractors at universities appear to be rubber-stamping EPA’s distorted claims,” Milloy wrote in the forward of his new book, which has…
December 29, 2016 Gosar hopes to spur La Paz County economy with BLM land transfer Approximately 5.3 percent of land in La Paz County is privately owned. The balance is state, federal and Tribal land. “With the control of…
December 28, 2016 EPA employees, other agencies skirt law, delete millions of official records That’s “clearly a conflict of interest,” said Chaim Mandelbaum, counsel for the non-profit government watchdog Energy and Environment Legal Group. Mandelbaum’s group focuses on…
December 28, 2016 BLM dumps ‘experimental’ survey method on Alaska that will be costly for state, private property owners State officials said Tuesday the new system will pass huge costs to the state and private landowners. They said GPS coordinates are considered temporary…
December 28, 2016 BLM still harassing Jeanette Finicum a year following her husband’s killing by government agents Rather than allow Jeanette to take over the grazing allotments after LaVoy’s death, state BLM representatives said she was not considered the heir to…
