May 18, 2017 Utah Senators wants to throw out Obama-era BLM policies, start fresh “A court-ordered deadline for publishing RMPs (resource management plans) resulted in BLM rushing its plans from the start, cutting out local voices in the…
May 17, 2017 Undue Green Influence: Controversies over BLM plans formulated in collusion with enviros Unfortunately for Americans in the West, where the BLM asserts control over staggering amounts of land and resources, the federal agency and many of…
May 13, 2017 Utah disputes BLM ‘non-reopening’ of Recapture Canyon The Interior Department had hailed the April 9 decision as a victory for motorized access, saying it was lifting a 10-year-old ban on riding…
May 4, 2017 BLM Roan Plateau grazing cuts will ‘really hurt a lot of ranchers’ Korry Lewis, a Wyoming attorney representing the ranchers, argues that the BLM is basing its assessment of current conditions on an evaluation done in…
April 30, 2017 Enabling Act debt basis for BLM transfer of 2,120 acres to State of Montana This most recent part of the process began in 2015 when Montana gave the BLM a wish list identifying more parcels than was necessary…
April 23, 2017 Alaska sues federal government, contending state controls riverbed, not BLM In its complaint, Alaska said it gained title to submerged lands and navigable waters when it acquired statehood, unless the federal government made any…
April 22, 2017 Interior Department fumbles, Nevada gets brief stay from sage grouse rules Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt, who filed the suit on behalf of the state, said of Du’s ruling, “The federal government’s greater sage-grouse land-use…
April 20, 2017 BLM revision plan means states have more say, but enviros hate it Indeed, in directing BLM to “make every effort to restore order, focus, and efficiency to the Federal land planning process,” Zinke clearly takes aim…
April 12, 2017 Local View: Recapture Canyon NOT reopened, Zinke hiding behind ‘PR smokescreen’ The problem is that none of the trails shown on the map were part of the Recapture emergency closure in 2007. Matter of fact…
April 11, 2017 Zinke reopens Recapture Canyon, site of 2014 public access showdown “Recreation on public lands is a big part of what we do at the Interior Department and the BLM, but for many persons with…
