November 15, 2016 Troubling facts behind the BLM’s wild horse and burro disaster Horses and burros gathered by the BLM are held in holding facilities. A small number of them are adopted to private caretakers. The vast…
November 9, 2016 Debate on federal lands management heats up, even as Oregon standoff news cools down They all want to get to a point where the state can generate more economic activity on land currently owned and managed by the…
November 5, 2016 Colorado Ranchers use solar power to pump water for livestock Moffat County ranchers tap the sun to deliver water to animals Solar-powered water systems let livestock drink more easily and take pressure off ponds…
November 4, 2016 Feds used decoy journalists to extract information in Bunkerville raid “It puts a chill in the air for people who want to report newsworthy events,” Rasmussen explained. “This creates a cause for concern for…
October 12, 2016 What to do about growing conflicts over range lands in the West: Part 3 The lack of well-defined and transferable federal grazing rights presents serious obstacles to resolving rangeland disputes in a cooperative and mutually beneficial manner. These…
October 11, 2016 What to do about growing conflicts over range lands in the West: Part 2 Grazing rights are inherently tenuous because agencies continually reallocate rangeland resources and adjust grazing privileges to meet changing political conditions. Moreover, without the right…
October 6, 2016 Taxpayers paying radical enviros to halt development, kill jobs It is widely known that these groups despise fossil fuels. The Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) brags about its use of lawsuits to block…
October 6, 2016 Alternative ways BLM can handle feral horses without euthanizing animals Today, the agency is overburdened by the sheer number of wild horses and burros. In addition to the 67,000 horses roaming free, 45,000 horses…
September 28, 2016 Ranchers nervous about slickspot peppergrass ‘endangered’ listing Idaho mulling options following listing of tiny desert plant BOISE — It’s unclear if Idaho’s long-running battle with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service…
September 28, 2016 BLM fails to provide solutions to wild horse disaster it created “An increased wild horse and burro population wouldn’t be a bad thing, except that the out of control population growth is destroying the health…
