March 28, 2017 Property rights hang in the balance in Wisconsin riverfront parcels taking case …when the Murr children approached St. Croix County in 2004 to sell the vacant lot to finance improvements at their parents’ cabin, they were…
March 28, 2017 Dependence on foreign minerals can be addressed with faster permitting, fewer regulations To address supply chain vulnerability and import dependence, President Trump and Congress should examine ways to speed up permitting of new U.S. mines and…
March 28, 2017 Citing brucellosis, Montana ranchers oppose environmentalists’ free-roaming bison plans Brucellosis is an infectious disease transmittable to cattle, primarily through oral contact with an infected fetus, calf or placenta. The disease causes a near…
March 27, 2017 Please, Mr Trump, don’t let wildfire-devastated farmers be ‘forgotten men and women’ American farmers are the backbone of this nation. They work quietly and are too often forgotten by the other 98 percent of Americans. They…
March 27, 2017 Bunkerville Trial: FBI informant only ‘defendant’ to utter violent threats in entrapment videos Every interview that was shown underscored the peaceful character of the defendants … until they played the interview with the FBI Informant. Greg Burleson uttered…
March 26, 2017 U.S. Forest service ‘aggressively’ restricting cattle grazing in Okanogan County An Okanogan County commissioner says the U.S. Forest Service has taken an aggressive stance to restrict cattle grazing in Okanogan County that may be…
March 25, 2017 BLM ‘wild, scenic’ designation clashes with rancher’s water rights, bank stabilization efforts The plaintiffs claim BLM’s own analysis found that state and county governments are already protecting the river, so leaving the segment undesignated wouldn’t threaten…
March 24, 2017 BLM proposal to cut Colorado grazing allotments in half Garfield County ranchers are fighting a proposed Bureau of Land Management order that would cut a cattle grazing allotment on federal lands in half….
March 24, 2017 Due to enviro regs, California farmers get only 65% of water allocations despite record wet year And while you ponder that question perhaps you can also take a guess as to who didn’t have to take a haircut on their water allocations…
March 23, 2017 After 30 years, Pennsylvania farmer still fighting feds over illegal taking of property It was 30 years ago this spring that Bob Brace, a Waterford-area farmer, first clashed with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service about his…