September 4, 2017 Zinke forms Royalty Policy Committee to steer energy development on federal lands …the RPC is comprised of tribal leaders, representatives from the energy industry, experts in engineering and energy extraction, elected and appointed leaders from energy-rich…
September 1, 2017 Will Congress take Zinke’s suggestion and authorize tribal co-management of Bears Ears? The original presidential proclamation creating the Bears Ears National Monument did not establish a formal tribal co-management requirement. There are several ways Congress and…
August 17, 2017 Interior Department giving tribes, states more sway over wildlife conservation [paypal_donation_button] “The Trump Administration is working hard with states and local communities to find solutions that are driven at the local level, rather than…
August 2, 2017 Indian Reorganization Act reform needed to overhaul socialist, separatist policies This is our very first opportunity to truly confront the erroneous and detrimental policies that one ethnicity that was here “first” is superior to…
July 28, 2017 Soros-funded ‘Western Priorities’ group admits Bears Ears assessment omits local voices [paypal_donation_button] The possibility cannot be dismissed that instead of fearing ‘skewed data,’ Center for Western Priorities avoided taking into account comments made by people…
July 13, 2017 Native American management of antiquities provides alternative to monument land grabs Granting control of such sites to Native Americans would allow for protection of antiquities on federal land with much less political rancor and greater…
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 27, 2017 New Mexico cannot sue Colorado for EPA debacle, Gold King Mine spill New Mexico and the Navajo Nation have sued the EPA over the spill. Government lawyers in February asked a federal judge to dismiss the…
June 21, 2017 Hopi, Navajo tribes want Trump to rescue Arizona coal mine, power station and related jobs The federal government could be the last, best hope to save the Navajo Generating Station, a coal-fired facility on Navajo Nation land near the…
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…
