November 12, 2016 Bundy defense calls BLM document shredding prior to Bunkerville standoff a “travesty” The shredding effort comes on the heels of another unusual government disclosure in the high-profile case. Prosecutors confirmed last week in court documents that…
November 2, 2016 What’s behind flaring land disputes in the West? Despite all the media attention on the trial, many have overlooked the underlying issues that make federal lands so contentious in the first place….
October 28, 2016 Ammon Bundy’s attorney tasered, tackled following Oregon standoff acquittals “It just blows my mind,” Paris said. “To have a lawyer who’s making an argument in court physically restrained and taken down is extraordinary….
October 10, 2016 What to do about growing conflicts over range lands in the West: Part 1 In January 2016, an armed militia group seized control of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in eastern Oregon. Their goal: to protest federal control…
September 23, 2016 Ranchers benefit sage grouse with healthy rangelands, wildfire mitigation When ranchers implement conservation practices that benefit sage grouse, those practices also benefit 350-plus sagebrush-dependent species. Natural Resources Conservation Service Utah rancher Bill Kennedy…
September 22, 2016 EDITORIAL: It’s time ranchers start tilting at windmills “Just as with water, wind energy development in the West is a controversial and divisive issue. But there is a path forward and ranchers…
September 14, 2016 Colorado ranchers unite to defend grazing rights on federal lands Grazing allotment owners unite to assert rights “A new private property rights organization is gearing up to represent the interests of ranchers who graze…
September 12, 2016 Utah ranchers’ grazing rights threatened by national monument Why San Juan County ranchers oppose another national monument in Bears Ears posted by Sutherland Institute Many ranchers living in the region of the Colorado…
