October 14, 2019 Joe Robertson’s case inspires President Trump to end era of bureaucratic abuses Joe Robertson’s case is one of many cited by President Trump as examples of the abuse of Americans by overzealous federal bureaucrats in various…
February 15, 2019 States must have a role in endangered species determinations “When an animal is categorized as an endangered species, it is the states and local communities that are most impacted, but currently they can’t…
December 22, 2018 Deep State Propaganda: Federal agencies continue to push climate hysteria “Federal executive branch websites are littered with political propaganda instead of objective science. To the extent scientific issues are discussed, they are presented in…
April 10, 2017 Would move west improve BLM accountability, or put the fox in the hen house? All this make it worth pondering the question of whether BLM HQ should be moved to rural Western Colorado–which, by the way, has been…
January 24, 2017 Poll: Utah ready to fight for state control of public lands The question is should use of those lands be determined by federal land agencies – like the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest…
January 11, 2017 OPINION: 3 elements critical to winning Western lands debates The fundamental root of the problem in current resource land use development is Federal management. The incredibly large mass of land the Feds are…
December 28, 2016 EPA employees, other agencies skirt law, delete millions of official records That’s “clearly a conflict of interest,” said Chaim Mandelbaum, counsel for the non-profit government watchdog Energy and Environment Legal Group. Mandelbaum’s group focuses on…
December 19, 2016 Zinke: BFF of D.C. bureaucracies and environmentalist special interests Once upon a time, environmental groups would purchase land for conservation. Now they conscript government to seize it. In 2011 the Fish and Wildlife…
December 19, 2016 OPINION: Federal land ‘management’ a sham If you think forest management is any better, check out the red and green mosaic that covers most of the West. The red is…
December 10, 2016 Congress’ top watchdog warns feds not to destroy documents before transition Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) sent letters to agency heads Tuesday saying they have a duty under law to preserve and protect…