February 21, 2019 Natural Resources Management Act a mixed mess with more bad than good When the program was first passed in 1964 it promised to direct 60 percent of its funds to states and 40 percent to federal…
February 20, 2019 Will SCOTUS decision subject your septic tank to federal regulations? Petitioners also argue the decision would subject taxpayers to costly permits and fines. The 9th Circuit ruling could also mean property owners with, say,…
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…
February 16, 2019 WOTUS revisions take some burden off agriculture “…This proposed rule would also clarify that cropland that is left idle or fallow for conservation or agricultural purposes for any period of time…
February 15, 2019 States must have a role in endangered species determinations “When an animal is categorized as an endangered species, it is the states and local communities that are most impacted, but currently they can’t…
February 12, 2019 Black Vultures: The emerging, federally-protected livestock scourge Black vultures killed nine calves on Tretter’s Illinois farm in 2018. Eyes pecked out and backsides torn to a bloody pulp, the calves were…
February 11, 2019 LaPlata County may terminate citizen-led land use planning districts The three Democrats on the county commission have found themselves at odds with local landowners, developers and businesses over what appears to be a…
February 11, 2019 Town council in Colorado wants to turn private canals into urban trails “The water districts all signed an agreement not to use the canal roads but the City has it in its long term budget. They,…
February 10, 2019 Speak your Mind: WOTUS comment period open “For the first time, we are clearly defining the difference between federally protected waterways and state protected waterways. Our simpler and clearer definition would…
February 8, 2019 “Grossly unethical” prosecutors try desperately to re-open Bundy case Navarro initially granted a mistrial after finding that the federal government improperly withheld evidence. She said video surveillance, maps and FBI interview information were…
