November 9, 2016 Debate on federal lands management heats up, even as Oregon standoff news cools down They all want to get to a point where the state can generate more economic activity on land currently owned and managed by the…
October 27, 2016 Forest Service turns to pricey private management to improve facilities, services A plan to transfer the management of campgrounds, trailheads and day-use facilities throughout the national forest to Parks Management Company included price increases of up to 300…
October 25, 2016 Oil and Gas: How Feds Impede Colorado’s 21st Century Gold Rush In June 2016, the U.S. Geological Survey discovered that Colorado has 40 times more technically recoverable natural gas resources than previously estimated, located in…
October 25, 2016 Bugs on the Menu: U.N. pushes insect livestock as world hunger solution Eating insects is well-established in Africa, Asia and Australia. But the agency concludes that the practice alled entomophagy should increase in North America as well. Can…
October 22, 2016 Broken Trust: Jewell plan falls short of promised tribal equality “Cooperative” management does not put Native American tribes on the same legal footing with the U.S. government. “It seems they don’t want to have…
October 18, 2016 Elite ‘governing class’ above the law when wrecking the environment Pollute water and the EPA will have no mercy. It will charge, convict, fine, imprison and alert the media. Unless the polluter is the…
October 13, 2016 What to do about growing conflicts over range lands in the West: Part 4 Today’s federal grazing institutions promote far too much raiding and not enough trading. As the Bundy standoff demonstrated, conflicts over land use have the…
October 12, 2016 What to do about growing conflicts over range lands in the West: Part 3 The lack of well-defined and transferable federal grazing rights presents serious obstacles to resolving rangeland disputes in a cooperative and mutually beneficial manner. These…
October 11, 2016 Rising government fees in Colorado discourage younger hunters Compounding the issue, Colorado’s hunting base is aging — average age of 55, according to CPW — with fewer younger hunters waiting in the…
October 11, 2016 What to do about growing conflicts over range lands in the West: Part 2 Grazing rights are inherently tenuous because agencies continually reallocate rangeland resources and adjust grazing privileges to meet changing political conditions. Moreover, without the right…
