October 30, 2016 Locals fear Owyhee monument would ‘inflame’ deep wounds in Oregon communities In an open letter to President Obama, who has authority to declare a new monument and has done so several times in recent months,…
October 22, 2016 Broken Trust: Jewell plan falls short of promised tribal equality “Cooperative” management does not put Native American tribes on the same legal footing with the U.S. government. “It seems they don’t want to have…
October 20, 2016 Another Utah county joins the battle against Bears Ears land grab A majority of Utah politicians, almost all of them Republicans, have argued the measure could crush already-struggling rural economies across the southern end of…
October 15, 2016 In land grab schemes, rich progressives push Feds to lock up millions of acres Its appetite for land is insatiable: millions will be spent, not improving visitor facilities, but acquiring land and demanding a larger park, after all…
October 13, 2016 Radical Environmentalism driving Obama’s national monument obsession Obama’s monument declarations in Hawaii and beyond are not motivated by a desire to protect lands threatened with imminent destruction; it is about building…
October 8, 2016 Bears Ears, PLI controversies show Congress must stop executive land grabs Obama’s legacy is shutting off land to free use by American citizens has hurt economic development on land and sea, and the American people…
October 8, 2016 Oregon locals would be driven off lands by national monument Special interest groups from Portland Bend are lobbying the president to create a national monument in Eastern Oregon’s Malheur County. But what they’re not…
October 7, 2016 Don’t vote away your rights to hunting, fishing, wilderness sports One of the candidates in the 2016 race, Hillary Clinton, has promised to double down on Obama’s environmental policies. Americans concerned about property rights,…
October 5, 2016 Bears Ears Coalition has no say in monument designation The county resolution states that the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition is a non-governmental organization that has no jurisdiction over land-use planning activities in San…
October 4, 2016 BLM Oregon plan locks up land, fails to revive struggling economy “Sustainable forest management, including timber production, promotes access into our public lands, improves wildlife habitat and generates revenue to support recreational opportunities. Closer to…
