March 28, 2019 Alaska Natives angry at Dems who want to close ANWR to oil and gas “In an almost jaw-dropping way, the Iñupiat people have been left out of this bill,” Glenn said, referencing his own Native American tribe. “If…
July 26, 2017 Minnesota counties appeal to Zinke to cancel job-killing mineral withdrawal proposal The application for withdrawal is the first step in a process that could ban mining projects in these national forest lands, and potentially wreak…
April 20, 2017 BLM revision plan means states have more say, but enviros hate it Indeed, in directing BLM to “make every effort to restore order, focus, and efficiency to the Federal land planning process,” Zinke clearly takes aim…
March 24, 2017 BLM proposal to cut Colorado grazing allotments in half Garfield County ranchers are fighting a proposed Bureau of Land Management order that would cut a cattle grazing allotment on federal lands in half….
January 25, 2017 Trump orders progress on Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines For Keystone XL, the Obama administration’s own State Department reviewed the project multiple times and concluded that the pipeline would pose negligible environmental risk and not…
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…
October 31, 2016 Livestock killed, burned near site of Dakota Pipeline protests Over the past five weeks, more than a dozen animals in the region have been killed or injured, and nearly three dozen others have…
September 14, 2016 Ranchers unfairly burdened by impact of Endangered Species Act A Cry for Due Process in the West: Anatomy of a Broken System With permission © CLIFFORD C. NICHOLS In Otero County, New Mexico,…
September 11, 2016 Misinformation, lack of trust hampering Washington wolf management efforts Free flow of information missing from wolf policy from Capital Press Managing wildlife — especially hot button predators such as wolves — requires total…
September 6, 2016 Wyoming ranchers turn tables on extreme greens in trespassing lawsuit Ranchers, environmental group settle trespass lawsuit Arno Rosenfeld published by Casper Star Daily A group of Wyoming ranchers and the environmental group they…