August 8, 2017 House legislation streamlines permit process for improvements on public lands [paypal_donation_button] …the bill includes provisions that would authorize the Department of the Interior, through the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), to enter into cooperative…
August 1, 2017 Is this Colorado university conducting a ‘migration study’ or a public lands push poll? [paypal_donation_button] [The poll] fails to address other factors you would think are important to a ‘rural migration survey,’ such as; did you relocate to…
July 31, 2017 Utah RS-2477 roads court victory could impact other cases throughout the West In recent years, aggressive green groups and federal agencies, including the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and U.S. Forest Service (USFS), have sparked conflicts…
July 29, 2017 Grazing on Montana wildlife refuge last resort for wildfire-stricken ranchers [paypal_donation_button] “I sent him a letter asking that he open immediate prescriptive grazing on the Charles M. Russell Wildlife Refuge,” Swanson said. “The CMR…
July 27, 2017 “New West” progressives poised to sacrifice rural America on altar of ‘amenities economy’ While the mainstream media and environmental propaganda machine grind out daily reports on the economic benefits of an industrial tourism economy, they never specifically…
July 24, 2017 Hanging Lake: Iconic Colorado trail threatened by excessive tourist traffic Hanging Lake is one of Colorado’s true gems, a turquoise splendor whose beauty is being eroded, officials believe, by a massive increase in user…
July 21, 2017 Will Zinke’s privatization plan improve national parks conditions, accessibility? While federal restrictions in national parks have done little to protect the lands and objects within them from severe wear and tear, there are…
July 17, 2017 House Resources Committee mulls land bills removing federal roadblocks from local communities H.R. 1547 rectifies a longstanding, unfulfilled agreement from 1989 between the City of Tucson, Arizona (City) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The…
July 14, 2017 Despite ranchers’ concerns, Zinke recommends no changes to Craters, Hanford monuments Craters of the Moon was first designated in 1924 and occupied 54,000 acres. In 2000, President Clinton expanded it more than ten-fold, to 700,000…
July 13, 2017 Organ Mountains Monument: Too much land, too many restrictions A responsible review of the designation will loosen the bureaucratic grip that Washington has over thousands of acres and help put our lands back…
