July 17, 2017 House Resources Committee mulls land bills removing federal roadblocks from local communities H.R. 1547 rectifies a longstanding, unfulfilled agreement from 1989 between the City of Tucson, Arizona (City) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The…
July 17, 2017 ‘Authoritarian’ overreach one reason for land management agencies shakeup It is a perennial issue in the West, because access to national forests, parks, wildlife refuges, and BLM land sometimes requires crossing private land….
July 16, 2017 Forest Service ‘stall tactics’ threaten Minnesota mining jobs, education funding The stall tactics and fear-mongering amount to a direct attack on mining in Minnesota and the good people of the Iron Range. The federal…
July 15, 2017 Western Colorado cattle ranchers highlighted in President’s ‘repeal & replace’ appeal “Before Obamacare, health insurance for the family was about $17,000 per year, which is to be expected when you have a child with special…
July 15, 2017 Despite agreement, Montana helicopter fleet stays grounded in busy wildfire season “Regarding the issue relative to the Department of Agriculture, there appears to be an ongoing refusal on the part of the federal government and…
July 14, 2017 Correction: Gary Dassinger NOT charged with ‘animal abuse and neglect’ An article by Sydney Mook of WDAY, which we reposted earlier this week, contained inaccuracies, most significant of which was the assertion that Gary…
July 14, 2017 Despite ranchers’ concerns, Zinke recommends no changes to Craters, Hanford monuments Craters of the Moon was first designated in 1924 and occupied 54,000 acres. In 2000, President Clinton expanded it more than ten-fold, to 700,000…
July 13, 2017 Organ Mountains Monument: Too much land, too many restrictions A responsible review of the designation will loosen the bureaucratic grip that Washington has over thousands of acres and help put our lands back…
July 13, 2017 Native American management of antiquities provides alternative to monument land grabs Granting control of such sites to Native Americans would allow for protection of antiquities on federal land with much less political rancor and greater…
July 12, 2017 Jordan Cove natural gas project will help environment, increase geopolitical stability If you truly care about the environment, then supporting the export of natural gas to Asia, India and other Eastern European countries makes sense. …
