July 16, 2020 Great Outdoors Act gives feds mandatory funding for land grabs Senator Lee had several amendments he wanted to present. One would have required state approval of any lands acquired with these federal funds. Another…
February 8, 2020 Bears Ears National Monument: Myths vs. Facts FACT: The BLM does not allow oil and gas leasing within BENM. The monument is withdrawn from disposition under all laws relating to mineral…
February 25, 2019 Avalanche of land-grabbing “management” bills will harm state, local economies The Senate package designates 1.3 million acres in California, New Mexico, Oregon and Utah as wilderness, the strictest form of federal protection that bans…
February 21, 2019 Natural Resources Management Act a mixed mess with more bad than good When the program was first passed in 1964 it promised to direct 60 percent of its funds to states and 40 percent to federal…
January 4, 2019 BLM uses Nature Conservancy deals to gobble up private lands As long as there is a LWCF, BLM will have the financial wherewithal to gobbling up rural land, in the West and elsewhere. The…
December 5, 2018 Ranchers oppose massive American Prairie Reserve bison refuge Ranchers have responded with banners reading “Save the Cowboy: Stop American Prairie Reserve.” They see a competitor buying up old ranches, pushing off cattle…
December 3, 2018 Montana case calls into question legality of conservation easement In October, Republican Attorney General Tim Fox issued an attorney general’s opinion finding that Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock’s decision to circumvent the Montana State…
October 27, 2018 California Democrat’s land grab bill will further degrade antiquities, historic sites “Let me tell you first hand that this type of damage has occurred due to their hiking club and push for the monument…The degradation…
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…
March 28, 2018 Will Forest Service plan lock up San Juan lands with wilderness designations? The preliminary analysis conducted by the Forest Service makes it appear as if large tracts of land could be designated in the Abajo unit…
