October 22, 2017 Family of rancher shot by deputies while euthanizing bull, files wrongful death claim After his bull was injured by a car on the evening of Nov. 1, 2015, Yantis arrived at the scene with a rifle after…
October 16, 2017 Utah wildfires reignite debate over constitutional state control of public lands State-held lands tend to be managed more for resource extraction and economic development than federal lands, for historical, legal, and political reasons, says Eric…
October 6, 2017 Antiquities Act weakens rural communities by robbing them of lands “What is needed is wholesale reform of the Antiquities Act, to return its monumental power back to where it belongs: To the people who…
October 3, 2017 New bill would engage local stake holders in coal mine reclamation Offering community groups protection from ‘undeserved’ liability, as well as relief from barriers to participation in reclamation projects, the Community Reclamation Partnership Act is…
September 26, 2017 Enviros complain about WA lawmaker who drew attention to biased wolf research Wielgus has repeatedly been the center of controversy regarding wolves. He was reprimanded last year by WSU after accusing a rancher of purposely putting…
September 13, 2017 PA miners furloughed after state environmental regulators stall permit The mining company was in the process of modifying its permit after state regulators invalidated some of its stream restoration procedures. A state environmental…
August 26, 2017 Mesa County Colorado throws support behind long-delayed fracking project Inevitably, there will be environmentalist groups opposed to this–and virtually all–hydraulic fracturing projects. But the philosophical change within the Interior Department regarding domestic energy…
August 21, 2017 Forget the environment, power-obsessed SUWA sues to inflict pain on Utah counties [paypal_donation_button] Saul Alinsky wrote “Rules for Radicals” (a playbook for groups like SUWA). One of Alinskys truths which he accurately describes is this: Organizations that possess power are “in turn possessed by power. Obsessed with the fear…
August 18, 2017 Hypocritical enviro group sues Utah counties over monuments meeting [paypal_donation_button] The facts surrounding Shelby’s recusal show that Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance clearly lied about not having ‘a legal interest in the case,’ but…
August 17, 2017 Interior Department giving tribes, states more sway over wildlife conservation [paypal_donation_button] “The Trump Administration is working hard with states and local communities to find solutions that are driven at the local level, rather than…
