November 19, 2018 Conservation impossible without property rights Federal lands are, on average, in worse environmental condition than private lands and produce much less economic activity. That’s because management of federal lands,…
September 28, 2018 Green group suing Trump Admin begs for donations in federal BLM facility …parasitic arrangements like that between Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Partners and BLM, where public dollars are used to fund extreme special interests’ agendas, remain…
September 19, 2018 National Heritage Areas are stealth land grabs This sweeping mandate ensures that virtually every square inch of land within the boundaries is subject to the scrutiny of Park Service bureaucrats and…
April 13, 2018 Fours years after Bunkerville, where does Cliven Bundy stand now? Cliven and Carol are not in the happiest of moods these days; the men left behind weigh heavy on each of them. “The thought…
April 12, 2018 Western lands stuck in Limbo due to Congress’ inaction on ‘wilderness study areas’ Montana Congressman Greg Gianforte and Senator Steve Daines have now introduced bills to release wilderness study areas across Montana. Their bills cover 29 different…
April 4, 2018 Following vindications, those who turned backs on the Bundys do about-face The BLM also sought to seriously limit anyone and everyone’s access to the so-called public land, and persuaded the FAA to implement a No-fly…
April 2, 2018 Is big outdoor rec behind bogus mining claims in southern Utah? Since February 4, when mineral claims on the land could be filed, three new claims have been filed. Two of them are not by…
March 30, 2018 Fossils: The new rationale for locking up lands and resources Amazingly, astonishingly, earlier this year, just after President Trump used his executive authority to reconfigure two massive national monuments in Utah, ‘spectacular,’ ‘major cashes’…
March 11, 2018 UN uses expansion of tribal powers to gain control over America’s natural resources The House/Senate versions’ forestry measures embrace Euro-UN-Agenda 21 sustainable forest management principles, plus United Nations Indigenous Peoples Rights policies that would supersede the U.S. Constitution—while implementing unscientific climate change and…
March 3, 2018 Texas ranchers may lose property to eminent domain water project Ranchers and farmers in North Texas are angered over the prospect of losing their land and homes through an eminent domain taking for a…
