March 1, 2018 Is western Colorado ‘banking’ program a water rights-grabbing scam? …a program which has been giving property owners large cash sums if they will agree to ‘fallow’ their croplands, thus ‘banking’ (not using) the…
February 27, 2018 Americans paying a big price for increasingly destructive, deadly wildfires Dozens of people were killed in these catastrophic wildfires, many thousands of homes and structures destroyed and the tragedy continues to this day as many thousands…
February 14, 2018 ‘Chaining’ pinion and juniper overgrowth restores habitat, reduces catastrophic wildfires Chaining and other Pinyon-Juniper removal projects often include aerial seeding of native and drought resistant plant species which helps the area to recover and…
February 14, 2018 BLM moves to reverse Obama’s job-killing ‘venting and flaring’ rule This 2016 Obama rule included numerous administrative and regulatory burdens that are not necessary and would have significantly hindered job creation, energy production and…
February 10, 2018 Shuffling the Swamp: BLM leaders shifted to other agencies in Interior reorganization Alaska Director Bud Cribley, Colorado Director Ruth Welch and New Mexico Director Amy Lueders are among as many as 50 BLM and other Interior…
February 4, 2018 Opening up land to ‘homestead’ Americans displaced by natural disasters What if, instead of spending money to rebuild in the same disaster-prone places, we offered land to build somewhere else? That is the question…
January 31, 2018 Jobs lost to over regulation coming back with American energy dominance Our action on West Elk will allow for the continued employment of 222 workers for about three years. These moves were only possible with…
January 20, 2018 Senate bill champions state control of oil and gas development “For years, I have advocated for states’ ability to regulate unconventional oil and gas development, which is safer and more reliable than ever thanks…
January 12, 2018 Zinke, drain the swamp before relocating Interior agencies to the West The era of replacing science-based resource management with heady, specious ‘environmentalist’ theories formulated by radical special interest groups needs to end. If Interior is…
January 8, 2018 Collusion between anti-mining activist and Forest Service exposed in letter to Zinke “The record is clear and persuasive, as understood by the Minneapolis Star Tribune, that Becky Rom, collaborating with outgoing Obama Agency officials, led a…
