May 23, 2019 Make comments now supporting BLM spayed wild mare feasibility study The BLM reports (as of March 2018) that there are over 80,000 wild horses on American rangelands. The AML is 27,000, which means that…
April 10, 2019 Beware land trusts and conservation easements According to the National Conservation Easement Database, an organization that gathers and shares information about easements in the U.S., more than 27 million acres…
March 26, 2019 Federal agency to blame for severity of Midwest flooding When operating the reservoir, the agency misjudges the amount of water that should be released and prioritizes the welfare of endangered animals over the…
March 15, 2019 Killing wolves key solution to saving Canada’s caribou An extensive study of caribou herds across British Columbia and Alberta suggests a way to reverse a long and steady decline of the…
March 12, 2019 Wolves don’t regard state boundaries, ranchers need to be prepared With the ability to travel long distances the wolf has a history of not stopping at state lines. As many things in nature cross…
March 5, 2019 Oregon counties pressure feds for increased say in forest management, access Susan Roberts, chair of the Eastern Oregon Counties Association said, “Over time these two forests have had multiple road closures and access is becoming…
February 18, 2019 “Epidemic” of dead trees imperiling US forests U.S. forestry officials reported 27 million trees died in California in the 12 months running up to December 2017. Since 2010, 129 million trees…
January 19, 2019 With Congress in paralysis, Trump takes wildfire management into his own hands The era of powerful presidents and weak congresses is clearly not over, with a Congress too divided to decide anything. This month a new…
January 7, 2019 Arizona extremist group wants three-quarters of a million acres for garter snake “critical habitat” The Center for Biological Diversity, a radical “sue and settle” group intent on pushing agriculture and other human activities off public lands, is suing…
December 29, 2018 Colorado energy man may take Zinke’s place as Interior chief “He has more experience in that building working on these issues than any predecessor,” Jon Hrobsky, an attorney who worked with Bernhardt in President…
