December 10, 2019 Enviro activists behind Obama’s 234,000-acre job-killing Minnesota land withdrawal Rom’s lobbying in Washington directly led to the Obama administration denying renewal of Twin Metals leases in December 2016, and in January 2017 to…
July 11, 2019 GOP Representatives look into Obama’s politically-motivated Minnesota mineral withdrawal …the Obama administration misled Congress while acting in the interests of unnamed “activists” by initiating a bad faith environmental review designed to reach a…
December 17, 2018 Minnesota moose populations imperiled by wolves’ “endangered” listing However, by 2009, the wolf population in the study grid was nearly 100. At the same time, and not coincidentally, according to Mech, less than…
March 9, 2018 Minnesota land owner responds to state’s taking of his property “We feel the DNR led the Court down a deceptive road with their theory on why they claim this watercourse was natural and always…
December 23, 2017 DOI reverses job-killing Obama-era mineral withdrawal in Minnesota These bureaucratic decisions could decimate local economies, stifle job creation as well as cause significant harm to K-12 education and mining in Minnesota. These…
July 27, 2017 Minnesota School Trust Lands depend on mining operations to fund public schools [paypal_donation_button] Included in the federal land withdrawal are 95,000 acres of School Trust Lands that generate revenue for all Minnesota schools. With over two…
March 18, 2017 Federal withdrawal of resource-rich lands threatens Minnesota jobs, way of life “This politically motivated decision, coming in the final days of the administration of President Barack Obama, is inconsistent with current national policy. It could…
March 16, 2017 Minnesota ‘Buffers Act’ will take thousands of productive acres from rural landowners When enforcement of the ‘Buffers Act’ begins in a few months, all productive economic activity within the buffer zones will be prohibited. Not only…
January 28, 2017 Feds get slammed by courts in WOTUS jurisdiction case The Supreme Court ruled unanimously in favor of Hawkes, setting a precedent that landowners may challenge the Corps’ jurisdictional determinations. The case was then…
December 16, 2016 Government run amok: Groundless fed seizure nets thousands of bait fish Maki said that eight to 10 special agents with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service entered his shop that day, asking him repeated questions…
