December 31, 2016 Oversight Committee responds to Obama Antiquities Act abuses in federal land grabs In his letters to Jewell and the White House Council on Environmental Quality, Chaffetz asserts two key federal laws governing public purpose, public participation…
December 27, 2016 Utah Republicans plan to counteract possible Obama move on Bears Ears Worried that Obama will aggressively act on his way out the door, opponents like Lee are now gearing up for a protracted fight to…
December 24, 2016 Big recreation industry joins enviros and Obama to wage war on rural West The seizure of 1.9 million acres is a tricky proposition, and the mostly-white, wealthy environmentalists and big rec corporate heads pushing for a monument in the Bears Ears region needed…
December 22, 2016 State and local leaders push back against federal Bears Ears land grab The most prominent Navajo opposed to the monument, Benally opened and closed Lee’s gathering in the Capitol’s elegant Gold Room. She called on environmental…
December 21, 2016 Public Lands: Don’t believe what the feds and corporate enviros are telling you From the beginning, land issues and jurisdiction created heated debate, decided many elections, kicked off a civil war and nearly destroyed our country before…
December 20, 2016 Bears Ears: Locals, Natives against, outsiders, corporate environmentalists for Lee and other members of the congressional delegation said the political fallout of a designation in Utah will result in the repeal of the…
December 9, 2016 Following acquittals, Oregon standoff prosecutors rethinking next phase of trial Patrick contends that the jury in the first trial concluded that a conspiracy did not exist. He notes that the original indictment lists all…
December 6, 2016 EDITORIAL: ‘On-the-ground’ solutions better than strong-armed monument designation Selective wilderness designations, river protections and broad prohibitions on mining would be strategic, consequential steps Congress could take to protect the Owyhee Canyonlands, the…
December 3, 2016 Exclusionary BLM planning rule in crosshairs of rural, western interests Lane believes the emphasis on the environment would come at the expense of BLM’s current mandate to manage for “multiple use and sustained yield.” …
November 30, 2016 Colorado students supporting federal Bears Ears takeover vandalize antiquities Davis said the students responsible have been identified, but instead of punishment, the school has chosen to use the incident as a learning experience,…
