May 28, 2017 78 year old Navy veteran, Joe Robertson, imprisoned for ‘EPA crimes’ The EPA alleged Robertson allowed dirt from the ponds to enter a tributary of nearby Cataract Creek. The federal agency subsequently charged and convicted…
May 28, 2017 County Commissioners from Utah warn of monuments’ crippling economic effects Healthy economies require diversity allowing them to maneuver through inevitable industry trends. Locking up 1.3 million acres of land further restricts the county’s already…
May 25, 2017 Duarte, Robertson, the Hammonds: Trump must stop federal prosecution of property owners “The Corps and EPA are not trying to micromanage farmers, they are trying to stop farmers from farming their fields. They’re trying to turn…
May 23, 2017 Judge Navarro insists elderly Cliven Bundy must be kept in custody for long haul Cliven Bundy has repeatedly claimed that the government has denied him a right to a speedy trial. In a motion this month, he asked…
May 22, 2017 Bears Ears echoes Wupatki National Monument where Navajo people were driven off their lands “Stella is Navajo. Her father and many other Navajos have resided in this area after they returned from Bosque Redondo, a time we call…
May 19, 2017 The FBI’s unethical, deceptive, alcohol-fueled scheme to entrap the Bundys Ryan should have trusted his instincts. Johnson and his colleagues were not documentarians. They were undercover FBI agents posing as filmmakers. Ryan Devereaux, Trevor…
May 14, 2017 The Antiquities Act: Noble intent hijacked for political land grabs They also made the Obama administration aware of their efforts and asked for the opportunity for local and state leaders to develop a plan…
May 9, 2017 Trump EPA strategy shifts enforcement powers from D.C. bureaucrats to states In giving EPA police powers to enforce environmental laws (30 years ago), Congress never envisioned midnight raids with SWAT teams and attack dogs, confiscating…
May 5, 2017 Patagonia et al. looking for profits and subsidies from Antiquities Act land grabs Corporations like Patagonia, however, are raking it in. The outdoor recreation industry generates about $120 billion per year in revenues. As more wilderness areas…
May 4, 2017 EPA creates illegal Superfund site to hide liability in Gold King Mine spill Shortly after the EPA triggered the release, to obscure and limit its own liability, the EPA created the Bonita Peak Mining District—around the Gold…
