January 15, 2017 Opinion: Growing federal government shrinks liberty, property rights in the West San Juan County, Utah is suffering because of it. This is where President Obama, from his Hawaiian vacation last week, seized 1.5 million acres…
January 14, 2017 Bears Ears land seizure another broken promise to Utah’s Native tribes It began as an agenda item on the Conservation Lands Foundation land takeover list in 2014 and they used financial allies until they had…
January 14, 2017 Ranchers: Obama midnight monuments designations will make practical management impossible While President Obama, in his press statement, said the monuments (Bears Ears in Utah – 1.35 million acres and Gold Butte in Nevada —…
January 12, 2017 Trump considers ways to reverse Obama Bears Ears land grab The controversial Bears Ears National Monument was designated by Obama in December and covers more than a million acres in rural Utah. It has…
January 10, 2017 Ranchers, Western communities fall victim to Obama ‘Midnight Monuments’ crusade Western state lawmakers, ranchers and those in the oil and gas industry, on the other hand, have widely panned Obama’s monument proclamations – claiming…
January 6, 2017 VIDEO: Senator Mike Lee confronts unjust Obama seizure of Utah lands VIDEO: Senator Mike Lee (R) Utah, explains the devious process which resulted in the federal seizure of over 1.3 million acres of resource-rich lands…
January 2, 2017 Lame Duck president grabs up millions of acres against will of the people Federal ownership of land is a very live wire political issue in Utah, which is why I find it outrageous that President Obama, on…
January 1, 2017 Happy New Year: Obama land grabs can be reversed by Congress, Trump Administration Mr. Obama has repeatedly abused his authority under the Antiquities Act to declare vast new national monuments, including on the high seas. This week’s…
December 31, 2016 Astroturf Tribes: Big corporations, enviros, not Native Americans driving Bears Ears Monument White-dominated environmental pressure groups use of Native Americans’ race to pursue their agendas, such as Bears Ears, is disturbing. “Since those involved in the…
December 30, 2016 Trump the Monument: Local outcry grows following Obama Bears Ears declaration Critics believe that one way or another, the monument designation will not be lasting — and whatever environmental legacy Obama wanted to leave will…