May 30, 2017 Idaho BLM tries balanced approach on grazing plan, enviros lose their minds Lisa Cresswell, the planning and environmental coordinator for the Twin Falls District of the BLM, said the document combined with the BLM’s 2015 Greater…
May 20, 2017 Congress must advance WRPA to stop government extortion of water rights Land managers in the West increasingly demand that ranchers who work federal land surrender their water rights to the government or get off the…
April 26, 2017 How do you spell ‘Sustainability?’ R-A-N-C-H-I-N-G Cattle also play a positive role in sustaining our prairie grassland ecosystems. By utilizing forages to produce high-quality protein on lands not suited for…
April 24, 2017 Klamath Tribes terminate water compact, potentially devastating ranchers, farmers In April 2014, ranchers and the Tribes signed the Upper Basin Comprehensive Agreement. The ranchers agreed to retire 18,000 acres of land or 30,000…
April 1, 2017 Will USDA lift grazing restrictions on lush Conservation Reserve lands to help Kansas ranchers? At issue is the cattle that survived the wildfires but lost their pastures. Ranchers and others say some of the grass on CRP land…
March 26, 2017 U.S. Forest service ‘aggressively’ restricting cattle grazing in Okanogan County An Okanogan County commissioner says the U.S. Forest Service has taken an aggressive stance to restrict cattle grazing in Okanogan County that may be…
March 14, 2017 Federal judge rejects Oregon enviro lawsuit claiming grazing harms fish species New information that’s emerged about threats to the fish and their critical habitat doesn’t rise to the level of requiring additional environmental analysis of…
March 13, 2017 Utah takes steps to advance local stewardship of lands within the state Public land ranchers won’t have to worry about their grazing fees skyrocketing or their allotments being sold to developers — if and when Utah…
March 11, 2017 Endangered Species Act: Stories of Abuse …the current use of the ESA is incredibly expensive to American tax payers and our economy. As of December 2014, the average listing cost…
March 10, 2017 Angus McIntosh responds to PLC: Its time to Drain the Swamp on the “Public Lands” By the time Trent was finished questioning Ethan Lane, he had backpedaled to the point where he said he agreed with 95% of what…
