March 7, 2017 Inflammatory signs, likely created by enviro group, catch Utah sheriff’s eye The fake signs also say there is no hunting, no wood cutting or all-terrain vehicle riding. “It is something that people are putting up…
March 2, 2017 Basalt Colorado: Sane forest management vs recreation Council members are concerned that logging-truck traffic will pose danger to the many bicyclists, campers, boat enthusiasts and anglers using Frying Pan Road. The…
January 4, 2017 Water battle pits City of Aspen against feds, enviros When the rights of a city; such as its rights to water, property, and other resources, are constrained by county and federal governments, one must ask…
December 27, 2016 Oregon: Grant County supervisor, judge block citizen input in forest stewardship While the armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge grabbed the world’s attention, a quieter struggle over federal lands is being waged by…
December 18, 2016 Attack on Western Colorado: Obama denies Jordan Cove LNG Project “…the FERC denial is not based on environmental concerns. The Jordan Cove project has exceeded the environmental regulations. So, the federal government had to…
December 15, 2016 Six Western counties take Obama to court over exclusionary BLM planning rule The lawsuit, filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for Utah, involves Kane County, Big Horn County, Wyo.; Chaves County, New Mexico; Custer County,…
December 2, 2016 National monuments should not be one-man shows, must include local input Pearce points out “the Antiquities Act requires that a president designate the smallest possible footprint in order to achieve the desired environmental preservation” and…
December 1, 2016 BLM rams through Planning 2.0 rule favoring special interests over local needs “First, they take our property rights. Now, they are taking away our local control and voice in BLM planning processes. The decisions will be…
November 28, 2016 Local sheriff struggles to enforce law at site of Dakota pipeline protests His department’s job of policing the protesters — the vast majority who’ve been camping on federal land that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers…
November 17, 2016 Colorado rejects anti-fracking agenda, activists descend on Boulder en masse One ban fracking activist is affiliated with the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF), a group that has boasted that bankrupting a community as a result of a…
