October 31, 2018 Utah House candidate pinpoints failures in federal lands management The debate over public lands is easily resolved by applying the 10th Amendment: The powers not delegated to the federal government are reserved to…
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…
October 10, 2016 Blocking BLM feral horse roundup threatens range health, private property “Some of the horse groups tend to portray this as a horses-versus-cows issue, and it’s really not,” Magagna said. “It’s a resource management issue…
September 30, 2016 Washington wolf pack livestock attacks continue Wolves attack two more calves in N.E. Washington Two more calves have been attacked in northeastern Washington, including one by the wolfpack targeted for…
September 27, 2016 Forest Service claims Trail of Tears destruction to ‘dissuade’ off-roading Fallout from Forest Service damage to Trail of Tears escalates The fallout continues after the construction more than two years ago of 35 earthen…
September 26, 2016 Native tribes divided, impoverished, yet Administration touts ‘progress’ “Photo ops with tribal children in native dress, pleasant pronouncements, and end-of-term self-congratulatory press releases, cannot hide the fact that federal nanny-statism along with Obama’s confiscatory federal…
September 13, 2016 San Juan County violates due process with wind farm, sticks residents with $250K legal bill “Monticello, a largely agricultural and ranching town of about 2,000 located in San Juan County, now finds its wind farm in the midst of…
September 11, 2016 Nevada State vet rings alarm bells on feral horse populations State vet: Declare horse population an emergency by FALLON GODWIN-BUTLER Elko Daily Free Press “Dr. Goicoechea couldn’t have hit it any better on the head….
September 9, 2016 Are BLM Nevada sage grouse efforts in violation of federal law? Commentary: BLM sage grouse guidelines will bury land users in paperwork Thomas Mitchell from Elko Daily Free Press The Bureau of Land Management this…
September 7, 2016 Northwest farmers, ranchers take action to mitigate wildfire damage Rural landowners assert role in fighting wildfires by Chad Sokol Spokesman-Review Wildfires in rural Washington have again brought complaints from farmers and property owners…
