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…
June 26, 2017 Endangered Species Act: Weaponizing law to crush industry, property rights The Endangered Species Act is a powerful weapon for environmental groups because it forbids the “take” of any listed species, which prohibits essentially any…
February 17, 2017 With timber communities at risk, Oregon counties fight Cascade-Siskiyou expansion The association sued President Donald Trump, the United States, Acting Secretary of the Interior Kevin Haugrud and the Bureau of Land Management. It asks…
February 9, 2017 Washington House Bill addresses death threats leveled against ranchers following wolf interactions In the Seattle Times article, Dr. Rob Wielgus, Director of the Large Carnivore Conservation Lab at WSU, said a Northeast Washington rancher had “elected…
January 16, 2017 Will Bears Ears go the way of Grand Staircase/Escalante, or can it be reversed President-elect Trump has agreed to look into reversing the Bears Ears National Monument designation, all or in part, and he has the authority to do so. But…
December 18, 2016 Attack on Western Colorado: Obama denies Jordan Cove LNG Project “…the FERC denial is not based on environmental concerns. The Jordan Cove project has exceeded the environmental regulations. So, the federal government had to…
October 9, 2016 Utah towns crushed by unmanageable tourist traffic Together, the popularity of the parks and Utah’s drive to bring visitors to the Mighty Five — Arches, Bryce, Canyonlands, Zion and Capitol Reef…
September 29, 2016 Garfield County Utah: The case for restoring locally-sourced government Just 9 years following President Clinton’s secretive executive taking of nearly 2 million acres in central Utah, Garfield County Commissioner Maloy Dodds testified in front of…
