March 16, 2017 Zinke gives hope to coal country, approves $22 million lease in Central Utah “For many communities and tribes in Utah, Montana, New Mexico and other states across the west, coal on public lands has been both a…
March 15, 2017 Rural Western Colorado leaders dispute water diversions to urban Front Range Seven Western Colorado legislators have a message for Gov. John Hickenlooper, but really it’s for the Front Range: the West Slope is tapped out….
March 6, 2017 Worried about carbon dioxide emissions? Logging is the answer! The more concerned people are about climate change, the more they should be interested in active management to restore forest health. Yet many of…
March 3, 2017 On day one, Zinke reverses Obama anti-hunting ammo ban President Barack Obama’s Fish and Wildlife Service had issued the lead ban on Jan. 19, one day before the inauguration of President Donald Trump,…
January 23, 2017 Wyoming lawmakers consider future of lands stewardship amendment On the other side are critics of the federal government’s bureaucracy. They note that it can take over a decade to permit grazing, mining,…
January 13, 2017 Animal rights groups fight policies necessary to remedy wild horse disaster An estimated 55,000 wild horses roamed public U.S. rangelands as of March of last year, more than double the federally advised number. As natural…
November 29, 2016 Arizona faces costly effects of protected wolf populations The Livestock Loss Board voted unanimously Nov. 3 to compensate ranchers up to $2,500 per animal for confirmed wolf kills. The action is an…
November 18, 2016 Top 10 myths about wild horses in the West Horses have a greater impact on rangeland vegetation than other ungulates because of their anatomy and foraging habits. Horses can consume 1.25 times the…
November 15, 2016 Is a coal renaissance on the horizon? Coal companies can be clean and remain competitive by focusing on cutting criteria pollutants like nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide and the other 200-plus toxic…
November 13, 2016 Timber industry looking forward to a comeback The American Forest Resource Council is a Eugene-based trade association working to rekindle logging operations in rural communities. Douglas County is Oregon’s top timber…
