September 22, 2017 Is Forest Service shutting public out of its plans to ‘obliterate’ roads in Bears Ears Monument? Despite the strong likelihood that Bears Ears National Monument will be modified in coming months, Forest Service officials in southeastern Utah are planning to…
September 21, 2017 House bill allows private sportsmen to help manage Grand Canyon bison “This federal legislation will allow Arizona Game and Fish Department and Park Service to apply the best wildlife management practices to manage the bison…
September 18, 2017 Controversial Utah monuments among the ten Zinke wants to modify Once the lawsuits have run their course, and fail, as I suspect, there will be an opportunity to use this review and whatever comes…
September 14, 2017 Zinke ‘Wildland Fire Directive’ emphasizes fuels reduction This year-to-date, 47,700 wildfires have burned 8 million acres across the country, with the majority of the devastation in the states of California and…
September 8, 2017 House Resources Committee hears bills furthering state control of energy development The states examined in this study earn an average of $14.51 for every dollar spent on state trust land management. The U.S. Forest Service…
September 1, 2017 Will Congress take Zinke’s suggestion and authorize tribal co-management of Bears Ears? The original presidential proclamation creating the Bears Ears National Monument did not establish a formal tribal co-management requirement. There are several ways Congress and…
August 26, 2017 10 biggest takeaways from Secretary Zinke’s Monuments Review summary Submitted comments from monument proponents were largely based on the false narrative that lacking monument status opened up the areas in question to the…
August 24, 2017 Rural West oppressed by heavy-handed Antiquities Act politics The driving force of this trend can largely be attributed to ulterior motives. Instead of focusing on the protection of specific historic, cultural and…
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 15, 2017 Zinke, Congress gradually shifting paradigm of public lands stewardship A 13-page memorandum to the Budget Committee this year contains his case for the proposed “paradigm shift” as well as calling for $50 million…
