February 8, 2020 Bears Ears National Monument: Myths vs. Facts FACT: The BLM does not allow oil and gas leasing within BENM. The monument is withdrawn from disposition under all laws relating to mineral…
January 30, 2020 After humiliating ouster, disgraced BLM top cop drops bid to be reinstated The news of Woody’s permanent departure comes five months after he filed an age discrimination and disability complaint against the Interior Department that demanded…
January 10, 2020 National Environmental Policy Act reforms will advance critical infrastructure projects NEPA updates includes codifying aspects of President Trump’s One Federal Decision policy, which improves coordination and communication between Federal agencies and sets a two-year average…
November 17, 2019 Mountain Bikers clash with wildlife in southwestern Colorado A few proposed changes, however, would prohibit mountain biking on some trails in an attempt to reduce disturbances of big game like elk and…
October 21, 2019 Does Colorado Water Project Proposition DD favor water brokers over farmers and ranchers? For many years, the groundwater under much of the South Platte Basin, which includes Weld County, was accessed via the drilling of private wells….
September 28, 2019 The rising popularity of OHV’s for “public lands” recreation must be addressed fairly Recently members of UTV Utah, have led the fight to open street-legal access to Utah’s roads and highways by sending a letter to Secretary…
August 31, 2019 EPA using Clean Water Act to halt beneficial private conservation projects in Pacific Northwest The EPA has defined Curtis’ creek as “navigable waters,” which would put it under federal government control. If the EPA takes control of Curtis’…
August 17, 2019 Following years of controversy and corruption, Interior Department massively expands Ethics Program “…Investigations performed by the Department’s Inspector General over the years have highlighted a culture at the Department of the Interior that did not embrace…
August 12, 2019 Endangered Species revisions put science before political activism The ESA directs that determinations to add or remove a species from the lists of threatened or endangered species be based solely on the…
August 1, 2019 Free Markets far better for the environment than “environmentalism” But what about a piece of land we would call “wasteland”…What’s the value of a piece of land like that? First of all, a…
