According to bill sponsors, access to federal lands since 2008 has fallen by over 40 percent. Between land set aside as off-limits, duplicative environmental reviews, and delaying protests, uncertainty and burdensome delays have decreased revenues going to the states for…
Such destructive and ever-larger wildfires are a perennial event, and each year various agencies must brace--under tight budgets and limited resources--for long, busy months of fighting these fires. Proof that bans on logging, clearing, and grazing are partly responsible for…
“Sadly, these bills are necessary because the federal government has not recently been that good neighbor, and ideological zealots in our land management agencies have been obstructing vital local infrastructure projects and running roughshod over the wishes and jurisdictions of…
The federal government, whose agencies regularly use prescribed burns--many of which spread accidentally and cause extreme damage to life and property--already enjoy the protections Walden extends to civilian property owners in HR 983. by Marjorie Haun United States Representative Greg…
For generations, landowners improved and maintained the land, dutifully paid taxes, and lawfully-owned land along the Red River. This bill takes the first step towards resolving the Bureau of Land Management’s egregious overreach and survey errors that wrongfully clouded the…
This oppressive agenda, and the audacity with which it was executed, was on the minds of voters and apparently rejected on Nov 8. With the transfer of power underway, the Obama administration’s controversial agenda appears to be in overdrive and…
“Rather than continuing to allow faceless bureaucrats in DC to determine what is best for both western and eastern states under a one-size-fits-all regulatory approach, [the bill] will ensure states regulate natural resource production in state-specific strategies that promote both…
When tribal leaders question or disapprove of a potential energy development project, they are lauded and portrayed as victims of greedy corporations and environmental plunderers. But when Tribal governments approve of a project which does not fit the Administration's radical…
"If you are not from one of the Western states, you need to understand what that means. That’s all land that’s off the local tax rolls. It’s land that carries increasingly severe restrictions on public use and access, which means…