June 6, 2017 Antiquities Act abuses are more about power over public lands than protection Recent presidents have all but ignored important stipulations in the Antiquities Act that are supposed to restrict the president’s power in key ways. The…
June 2, 2017 Ag Secretary directs Forest Service to coordinate with local governments, private entities Third, the Forest Service must engage at the local level on every issue. Everyone must have a voice in the decision-making. At the end…
May 31, 2017 Forestry 101: Log it, thin it, or watch it burn Fire is natural to forested landscapes in the West. Most people understand the difference between natural low-intensity fires and catastrophic, stand-replacing crown fires. In…
May 22, 2017 Ranchers urge Zinke to scale down Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Monument “The ranching community has been buried in regulation and limitations over the past 25 years,” the NMCGA’s Boone said. “More often than not, we…
May 18, 2017 Utah Senators wants to throw out Obama-era BLM policies, start fresh “A court-ordered deadline for publishing RMPs (resource management plans) resulted in BLM rushing its plans from the start, cutting out local voices in the…
May 17, 2017 Undue Green Influence: Controversies over BLM plans formulated in collusion with enviros Unfortunately for Americans in the West, where the BLM asserts control over staggering amounts of land and resources, the federal agency and many of…
May 13, 2017 Utah disputes BLM ‘non-reopening’ of Recapture Canyon The Interior Department had hailed the April 9 decision as a victory for motorized access, saying it was lifting a 10-year-old ban on riding…
May 12, 2017 Ranching, energy, jobs factor into possible reduction of Grand Staircase-Escalante Monument “Monuments should never be put in a position to prevent rather than protect and the president is pro-energy across the board,” Zinke said. “We,…
May 11, 2017 Ranchers join San Juan County tribes to say “no Bears Ears monument” Redd showed Zinke around her ranch and said she worries whether the government will build infrastructure such as bathrooms and install railings around cultural…
May 11, 2017 Monuments review gives ranchers, landowners hope for greater freedom, control McIntosh believes the review needs to be taken a step further to include all prior landowner rights. “Most of these national monument designations have…
