August 24, 2017 Rural West oppressed by heavy-handed Antiquities Act politics The driving force of this trend can largely be attributed to ulterior motives. Instead of focusing on the protection of specific historic, cultural and…
July 13, 2017 Organ Mountains Monument: Too much land, too many restrictions A responsible review of the designation will loosen the bureaucratic grip that Washington has over thousands of acres and help put our lands back…
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…
May 22, 2017 Ranchers urge Zinke to scale down Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Monument “The ranching community has been buried in regulation and limitations over the past 25 years,” the NMCGA’s Boone said. “More often than not, we…
May 11, 2017 Ranchers join San Juan County tribes to say “no Bears Ears monument” Redd showed Zinke around her ranch and said she worries whether the government will build infrastructure such as bathrooms and install railings around cultural…
May 10, 2017 Multiple use in Bears Ears will provide better wilderness experience than restrictive monument Timber has been clear cut to make ski runs, lifts and cables have been installed to access the tops of the mountains, the river…
May 5, 2017 Patagonia et al. looking for profits and subsidies from Antiquities Act land grabs Corporations like Patagonia, however, are raking it in. The outdoor recreation industry generates about $120 billion per year in revenues. As more wilderness areas…
May 3, 2017 Tribes used as a front by enviros to push Bears Ears, but it’s a lie The NW Band of Shoshone does not support the Bears Ears National Monument. I disagree with environmental group’s decision to utilize the tribes inside…
March 17, 2017 Trump Administration to end federal land grabs Obama’s final land grab took the total acres of land seized by the federal government under his presidency to 553 million acres, more than any…
February 14, 2017 A monument to ‘presidential vanity,’ it’s time to rescind Bears Ears Even modern progressives must admit that such monuments to presidential vanity are a bad thing. Like many Progressive Era policies, the Antiquities Act is…
