March 30, 2017 From the D.C. swamp to the West: Will Trump relocate federal land agencies? “[Zinke’s] view is that we have too many people working in Interior in Washington, D.C., when the work that needs to be done is…
March 16, 2017 If you want to protect forests, you must harvest trees You want to save a forest? Buy wood products and plant trees. Those are ways to ensure that overgrown forests are properly managed and…
March 14, 2017 4 reasons Congress should disapprove economy-killing sage grouse regulations Ironically, at the time the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service finalized the harmful sage grouse plans in 2015, the bird was…
March 13, 2017 Ranchers, Colorado Parks and Wildlife, feds wrangle over grazing in Weminuche Wilderness In a Feb. 19 letter to The Free Range Report called “Radical Environmentalist Bullying the Forest Service to Deny Renewal of Longtime Sheep Allotments,”…
March 2, 2017 Basalt Colorado: Sane forest management vs recreation Council members are concerned that logging-truck traffic will pose danger to the many bicyclists, campers, boat enthusiasts and anglers using Frying Pan Road. The…
February 15, 2017 Fed agencies not held to account for environmental destruction, wildfires Grant County Sheriff Glenn Palmer told me that immediately after the Canyon fire, local loggers organized and went into the burned area to retrieve…
January 24, 2017 Amateur geologist harassed by feds over legally-obtained fossils takes own life Ramirez continued to interrogate and harass Weaver for approximately four hours. Ramirez peppered him with questions about mining on public lands, and made other…
January 19, 2017 Property rights group addresses misunderstandings about federal grazing laws Misunderstandings about the history and original intent of federal grazing law by both ranchers and federal agents is fueling tensions across the West, making…
January 13, 2017 Animal rights groups fight policies necessary to remedy wild horse disaster An estimated 55,000 wild horses roamed public U.S. rangelands as of March of last year, more than double the federally advised number. As natural…
January 4, 2017 Water battle pits City of Aspen against feds, enviros When the rights of a city; such as its rights to water, property, and other resources, are constrained by county and federal governments, one must ask…
