“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 [this bill] is about human rights, let’s be fair. Open it up to everybody.” Tim Pearce…
The application for withdrawal is the first step in a process that could ban mining projects in these national forest lands, and potentially wreak destruction on local economies. posted by Marjorie Haun A U.S. Forester and Bureau of Land Management…
Indeed, in directing BLM to "make every effort to restore order, focus, and efficiency to the Federal land planning process," Zinke clearly takes aim at green groups, as well as what the former Republican congressman from Montana often complained was…
Garfield County ranchers are fighting a proposed Bureau of Land Management order that would cut a cattle grazing allotment on federal lands in half. They say it would kill their family businesses. Ryan Summerlin Post Independent It’s ranchers vs. the…
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 contribute significantly to global warming—a big sticking point and one of the reasons former President Barack…
The physical confrontations heated up when the DAPL crews started coming into the area with bulldozers, moving topsoil, heading toward the river. One rancher has reported missing, killed or maimed livestock, but investigations are incomplete. Protesters put ranchers on edge…
Over the past five weeks, more than a dozen animals in the region have been killed or injured, and nearly three dozen others have been reported missing. The incidents are near the site where people have gathered to protest the…
A Cry for Due Process in the West: Anatomy of a Broken System With permission © CLIFFORD C. NICHOLS In Otero County, New Mexico, the U.S. Forest Service recently fenced off the water in the Lincoln National Forest. Its purpose?…
Free flow of information missing from wolf policy from Capital Press Managing wildlife — especially hot button predators such as wolves — requires total openness on the part of all parties. Ranchers, conservationists, members of the public and even critics…
Ranchers, environmental group settle trespass lawsuit Arno Rosenfeld published by Casper Star Daily A group of Wyoming ranchers and the environmental group they were suing for trespassing have reached a settlement, with both sides claiming victory. Fifteen landowners from…