January 5, 2018 Colorado rancher, legislator will introduce ‘COORS’ bill to protect beef consumers In 2015, President Obama signed the Omnibus Bill which ordered the US Department of Agriculture to stop enforcing Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) regulations….
December 31, 2017 Bow hunting considered as remedy to Colorado urban deer overpopulation A similar tactic is being used to deal with coyotes infesting urban areas across the U.S. Since the gray wolf has disappeared from much of North…
December 27, 2017 Washington plan addresses human clashes with huge, problematic elk herd Just one elk bite is enough to spoil a hay bale for export because foreign buyers want full, tight bales, according to state Rep….
December 7, 2017 Utah’s small towns can no longer bear the burden of industrial tourism Law enforcement is being stretched to the limit as search and rescue efforts can cost thousands of dollars to help lost or injured people…
November 27, 2017 Water for food production must be highest priority Another concern that came out of the OSU study was that the region’s growing population will ultimately max out the water supplies of several…
November 16, 2017 Native tribes’ redistricting raises troubling questions about dual governments The thorny problem of dual governance in counties with Indian reservations and large Native American populations is of growing importance. Geographically, only a fraction…
November 10, 2017 Nevada cancels feral horse management deal with ‘advocate’ group Controlling the horse population is critical because overpopulation results in increased instances of horses on roads, in communities and in distress. Consequences of unchecked…
November 7, 2017 Arizona town renames road to honor slain rancher, LaVoy Finicum “We should never forget what happened to LaVoy. I would erect a monument in his honor if I could afford to do it personally,…
November 6, 2017 Utah enviros oppose pro-sage grouse tree-removal project The study found that sage grouse breeding does not occur where pinyon-juniper occupies more than 4 percent of the land area. Wildlife biologists say…
October 31, 2017 Sage Grouse are winning, no thanks to the federal government “…federal government under the Obama administration insisted on managing Greater Sage Grouse recovery with a Washington, D.C., one-size-fits-all approach that fails miserably to address…
