December 14, 2017 Utah’s local conservation efforts incentivize protection of threatened prairie dogs Consequently, the regulation blocks people from engaging in activities that most of us take for granted in our own communities—including building homes in residential…
October 26, 2017 Fish & Wildlife using ‘non-existent’ frog to attack Louisiana farmer’s property rights …the feds have designated Poitevent’s property as critical habitat for the non-existent frog and in effect have shut down commercial opportunities for the land….
October 3, 2017 Sage grouse need ranchers for survival, not more regulations Private landowners are key to sage-grouse conservation because they own almost all of the wetland habitat the species depends on, and they are by…
October 2, 2017 Senators hope new legislation settles Utah prairie dog wars “In the nearly fifty years since it was signed into law, the ESA has done more to impede economic activity, obstruct local conservation efforts,…
August 16, 2017 Protection of landowner rights key to saving endangered species The statute also burdens property owners through the designation of critical habitat, which further restricts land use. Most alarmingly, the federal agency charged with implementing…
June 15, 2017 Oregon Cattlemen sue feds over failure to delist gray wolves as endangered Todd Nash, the Cattlemen’s wolf committee chairman, said the absence of a completed analysis three years after U.S. Fish and Wildlife closed its public…
June 10, 2017 How environmentalist litigation is sending our national forests up in smoke “Our national forests are dying from neglect. Rather than channeling dollars to active forest management to reduce the risk of wildfire, the Federal government…
March 11, 2017 Endangered Species Act: Stories of Abuse …the current use of the ESA is incredibly expensive to American tax payers and our economy. As of December 2014, the average listing cost…
February 22, 2017 Endangered Species Act: Poster child for backwards incentives What if those incentives were reversed? What if landowners were paid to create and preserve habitat, or better yet, to raise endangered species as…
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…
