July 10, 2017 Lyman: ‘Envirophiliacs’ smear San Juan County locals with fake news about Recapture Canyon Recapture Canyon is not closed to motorized use. It sits next to San Juan County’s largest town of Blanding, the population of which is…
July 8, 2017 Bears Ears reduction NOT unprecedented, and not up to Congress The Antiquities Act — which says monuments should be limited to the smallest area compatible with the site or object being protected — does…
July 6, 2017 WOTUS repeal one step to protect property owners from iron-fisted bureaucracies Though Johnson meticulously worked with the state of Wyoming to gather proper permits, the Environmental Protection Agency claimed he also needed a sign-off from…
July 4, 2017 Lessons in Liberty and Law: What is the real status of western property rights? “It’s time that we do something more than just talk about freedom and about defending our Constitution.” ~LaVoy Finicum~ posted by Marjorie Haun Was…
June 29, 2017 Public lands ‘Deep State’ forges ahead despite Zinke plan to reduce Bears Ears If there is a public lands deep state, it would be composed of holdover groups such as the Bears Ears Commission. With an agenda…
June 29, 2017 New Mexico ranchers push for major shrinking of Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Monument Pearce last week urged Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to reduce the outline of the monument from 775 square miles to about 95 square miles…
June 25, 2017 SCOTUS rules landowners have no recourse when government regs undermine property values “Put simply, today’s decision knocks the definition of ‘private property’ loose from its foundation on stable state law rules,” Roberts wrote. The ruling “compromises…
June 20, 2017 Undue Green Influence: This Utah enviro group works against local interests with public dollars Grand Staircase-Escalante Partners has taken a position opposite that of the majority of working citizens who live in Kane and Garfield counties, where the…
June 14, 2017 Bears Ears ‘protected,’ restricted from development BEFORE national monument proclamation The BLM’s resource management plan and maps of the region show that two-thirds of the land inside the 1.35-million acre monument is in some…
June 13, 2017 Zinke recommends Bears Ears be limited to ‘smallest area compatible’ “Therefore, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) recommends that (1) the existing boundary of the BENM be…
