May 26, 2017 Natural Resources head moves to bring more local control to land, resource policies “Our experience has been that the BLM [Bureau of Land Management] planners hold very few public meetings where information is given, but not exchanged,”…
March 30, 2017 Kansas Natural Resources Coalition: Property rights powerhouse from the Heartland Although KNRC’s roots are in Kansas–the middle of America both literally and figuratively–they hope to have impact far beyond the geographical Heartland. Having recently expanded their…
December 5, 2016 16 Common-sense steps to revitalize America’s energy industry The real energy success story of the past decade has been the hydraulic fracturing revolution. Since 2007, electricity generation from natural gas alone has…
November 26, 2016 Obama’s regulatory machine on overdrive in final weeks This oppressive agenda, and the audacity with which it was executed, was on the minds of voters and apparently rejected on Nov 8. With…
November 6, 2016 North Dakota farmers, ranchers, make plea to Administration for relief from DAPL protests Ellingson and her husband are fourth and fifth generation ranchers and farmers in the area of the protests. She said law enforcement has seen…
November 4, 2016 No sacred burial sites near Dakota Pipeline constrution route The investigation by the Historic Preservation Office has concluded that no human remains or cultural sites were present at the contested site but that…
November 3, 2016 Conflicts between ranchers and DAPL protesters escalate The physical confrontations heated up when the DAPL crews started coming into the area with bulldozers, moving topsoil, heading toward the river. One rancher…