June 5, 2017 Bad federal forest management sapping Montana timber counties “…it’s critical to also fix the greater problem of mismanaged federal land that is keeping local communities in western Montana from responsibly managing their…
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 9, 2017 Trump EPA strategy shifts enforcement powers from D.C. bureaucrats to states In giving EPA police powers to enforce environmental laws (30 years ago), Congress never envisioned midnight raids with SWAT teams and attack dogs, confiscating…
May 6, 2017 Is Trump monuments review a step towards greater state, local control of public lands? The order directs the the Secretary to “consult and coordinate with the Governors of States affected by monument designations or other relevant officials of…
April 18, 2017 KNRC: Empowering counties to take on ‘conservation easement’ land grabs Typical CE transactions result in a 30% to 100% assessed devaluation, a decrease not confined only to CE-burdened lands: the devaluations can spill to…
April 15, 2017 Federal Bureaucracies & Bureaucrats: The Enemies Within This could be a great beginning but we truly need to jettison a lot more of our socialist bureaus, departments, agencies, laws and regulations…
April 11, 2017 Radical anti-fracking groups use kids as ruse to sue Colorado energy regulators The media has described the petitioners in the case, aged 13 to 16, as “a group of teenagers,” “six underage plaintiffs,” “some Colorado children.” “Colorado Appeals Court Sides…
April 10, 2017 Would move west improve BLM accountability, or put the fox in the hen house? All this make it worth pondering the question of whether BLM HQ should be moved to rural Western Colorado–which, by the way, has been…
March 30, 2017 From the D.C. swamp to the West: Will Trump relocate federal land agencies? “[Zinke’s] view is that we have too many people working in Interior in Washington, D.C., when the work that needs to be done is…
March 13, 2017 Utah takes steps to advance local stewardship of lands within the state Public land ranchers won’t have to worry about their grazing fees skyrocketing or their allotments being sold to developers — if and when Utah…
