May 10, 2017 Berkeley study refutes claim that forests are naturally dense and should be left untouched “We went through the data and showed that, in every case, this method estimated that the density of trees was two to three times…
April 8, 2017 Forest Service blows up small dams with high explosives to ‘restore creeks to natural state’ “When the main dam was blown up,” May said, “it was a shock.” May also questioned Forest Service statements that residents several years ago…
March 15, 2017 Demonized by progressives, California ranchers embrace Trump policies About two hours north of San Francisco I talked to many residents around the town of Red Bluff who are big fans of Trump….
February 26, 2017 California county may owe dairy farmers $48 million for taking of private land San Bernardino County could pay $48 million for the property of one of the few remaining Chino dairy farmers after the family complained in…
February 21, 2017 Obama Antiquities Act abuses challenged by Oregon lumber companies “The monument expansion is already having an immediate impact,” said Murphy Co. President John Murphy. “The Griffen Moon Timber Sale within the expansion area…
February 1, 2017 California ranchers, farmers sue over unlawful, unscientific, endangered wolf listing PLF, farmers, and ranchers challenge state’s ‘endangered’ listing of gray wolf Damien M. Schiff Pacific Legal Foundation So argues a lawsuit filed on January…
January 23, 2017 Cattlemen worried Cascade-Siskiyou expansion will eradicate ranching in region Ranchers with grazing allotments aren’t allowed to properly maintain fences, water structures and other range improvements, diminishing the land’s suitability for grazing, Skinner said….
January 13, 2017 Animal rights groups fight policies necessary to remedy wild horse disaster An estimated 55,000 wild horses roamed public U.S. rangelands as of March of last year, more than double the federally advised number. As natural…
January 4, 2017 Court rules federal taking of irrigation waters for endangered fish illegal The districts and farmers, represented by the D.C.-based Marzulla Law firm, contend the government owes compensation, under the Fifth Amendment, for the temporary cessation…
December 15, 2016 Six Western counties take Obama to court over exclusionary BLM planning rule The lawsuit, filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for Utah, involves Kane County, Big Horn County, Wyo.; Chaves County, New Mexico; Custer County,…
