December 8, 2017 Trump honors rule of law and local voices with monuments reduction “The people who live nearby understand how Clinton’s and Obama’s actions harmed their communities.” Rob Bishop National Review President Trump’s Courageous Decision to Shrink…
November 13, 2017 Trump Interior Dept. puts Obama anti-motorized access plans in reverse A large number of Americans require motorized vehicles to access remote and rugged areas that lack improved roadways. Those most negatively impacted by federal…
November 12, 2017 Bill to reduce job-killing oil and gas leasing delays moves through House committee 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…
August 26, 2017 Mesa County Colorado throws support behind long-delayed fracking project Inevitably, there will be environmentalist groups opposed to this–and virtually all–hydraulic fracturing projects. But the philosophical change within the Interior Department regarding domestic energy…
July 18, 2017 Rebuttal to Western Colorado activist group’s anti-natural gas ‘report’ Editors note: An environmental activist group calling itself ‘Citizens for a Healthy Community’ is attempting to stall, or halt altogether, plans for natural gas…
July 5, 2017 Minnesotans protest Forest Service land withdrawal which will halt key mining projects “This is the epicenter of mining excellence,” said Steve Giorgi, executive director of the Range Association of Schools and Municipalities, calling the feds’ action…
June 21, 2017 Hopi, Navajo tribes want Trump to rescue Arizona coal mine, power station and related jobs The federal government could be the last, best hope to save the Navajo Generating Station, a coal-fired facility on Navajo Nation land near the…
April 10, 2017 Zinke’s bumbling gives ‘eco-obstructionists’ leverage over resource development Whatever the reason, Trump’s Interior Department opened a real can of worms when it let the Obama Administration’s last-minute endangered species designation for the…
March 21, 2017 President Trump proclaims March 21 National Agriculture Day “American farmers and ranchers are the heart and soul of America and they represent the determined, self-reliant character of our Nation. We are proud…
December 6, 2016 Obama Dakota Pipeline ban likely to be reversed by Trump Administration Out-of-state environmental activists broke out into public cheers during a rally after the U.S. Department of the Army, staffed by President Obama’s progressive team,…
