February 23, 2018 Green is the new Red: Congress takes aim at Putin’s anti pipeline lobbying As previously reported by The Daily Signal, Stiles suspects two anti-pipeline groups in Virginia are “agents of influence” unknowingly operating on behalf of Moscow…
February 18, 2018 Vietnam vet Joe Robertson hangs in legal limbo while ‘clean water’ appeal drags on Now the 9th Circuit has ordered that Joe Robertson’s pending motion for rehearing should be postponed until the Supreme Court releases its decision in Hughes. (Joe has already…
February 15, 2018 Colorado rancher-legislator introduces bills tackling conservation easement abuse The measures have been prompted by what some are calling a conspiracy among large land trusts to scoop up “orphan” easements and use them…
February 12, 2018 Court affirms landowners’ ‘valid existing rights’ to use motorboats near lakefront property The area was added to the National Wilderness Preservation System in 1987 by the Michigan Wilderness Act, which expressly preserved “valid existing rights.” Under…
February 12, 2018 ‘Wetlands’ regulations overhaul needed to protect croplands, private property rights New information discovered from the legal battle against farmer Robert Brace reveals that his plight has been part of a broader, decades-long crusade led…
February 10, 2018 Colorado citizens issue resolution calling for proper administration of water rights Plans using vague terms such as ‘banking, ‘augmentation,’ ‘fallowing,’ ‘consumptive conservation,’ etc., offer property owners–mostly farmers and ranchers–generous cash payments to decrease or stop…
January 15, 2018 Tired of federal control of lands? ‘Go wet, young man!’ Today, nearly all the world’s inhabitable land is either privately owned or held by governments, no longer available for homesteading. But what if people…
January 14, 2018 Remaining Bundy defendants want corrupt federal prosecutors booted off case “The appearance of impropriety and the conflicts of of interest have already occurred in this case,” lawyers said in a heavily redacted motion. “Justice…
January 11, 2018 Supreme Court deals a blow to California mining rights California’s “two-year moratorium” on suction dredge mining was imposed in 2009. It was signed into law by then Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and remains in…
December 14, 2017 Utah’s local conservation efforts incentivize protection of threatened prairie dogs Consequently, the regulation blocks people from engaging in activities that most of us take for granted in our own communities—including building homes in residential…
