October 16, 2018 Forest Service criminalizes use of motor boats on Michigan lake After spending many summers on Crooked Lake in the U.P., we finally purchased our own lakefront property in 2010. Like generations of Michiganians before us,…
October 15, 2018 U.S. Fish & Wildlife harasses Nevada pastor, diverts stream, flooding troubled youth facility …U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service…diverted the stream onto its own land. Two days before Christmas, the newly re-routed waterway jumped its banks, sent a…
October 9, 2018 Rancher pushes back against large predator “sanctuary” in southeast Colorado “A gentleman from Boulder by the name of Pat Craig of the Wild Animal Sanctuary in Keenesburg, CO, has decided to bring carnivores…
October 6, 2018 BLM law enforcement ignores crimes against Oregon miner “I caught a claim jumper three weeks ago…Finally, I called the BLM Prineville office cop, but he was 350 miles away. I called the…
September 28, 2018 Endangered Species modernization measures advance in Congress The legislative package of nine bills addresses the shortcomings of the ESA by fixing the listing process, adding framework for a clear de-listing process,…
September 21, 2018 Congressional streamlining needed to help both property owners and protected species The latest figures show that the greater sage grouse occupies more than 170 million acres in 11 western states: North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Nevada,…
September 21, 2018 Wolf kills making situation unsustainable for Washington rancher He said he supports lethal removal by the department, but that ranchers still need to be allowed to control the predators. Shooting one wolf…
September 19, 2018 National Heritage Areas are stealth land grabs This sweeping mandate ensures that virtually every square inch of land within the boundaries is subject to the scrutiny of Park Service bureaucrats and…
April 16, 2018 Trump considering repeal of counterproductive endangered species rule It’s probably an esoteric issue to most Americans, but to landowners and businesses, primarily in the Western U.S., the “blanket” extension of ESA protections…
April 15, 2018 KNRC sues U.S. Fish & Wildlife for noncompliance with Congressional Review law Astonishingly, many federal agencies — not just Department of Interior — have for years chosen to ignore the Congressional Review Act requirements when imposing…