January 4, 2017 Water battle pits City of Aspen against feds, enviros When the rights of a city; such as its rights to water, property, and other resources, are constrained by county and federal governments, one must ask…
December 14, 2016 Justified: The story of the Bundy Ranch Standoff as told by Ammon Bundy Narrated by Ammon Bundy while in an Oregon prison following his arrest for the protest at the Malheur Refuge, this video explains the history of his ancestral ranch….
December 13, 2016 Obama ignores beleaguered locals, harassed, threatened by DAPL protesters “The federal government’s response to the events in our community has been appalling, and it is abundantly clear they have no interest in helping…
December 13, 2016 Will Obama impose ‘imperial’ designation on Bears Ears? But there are also some honest disagreements about how exactly the land should be protected. Most Native Americans who live around Bears Ears and use the…
November 27, 2016 Feds launch attack on Montana ranchers’ property rights There was an alternate proposed route that didn’t cut through the ranch’s front yard. The Forest Service could have reached an amicable conclusion with…
November 24, 2016 How collectivism nearly killed the Pilgrims, and still keeps Native Americans in poverty No group in America has been more “helped” and “managed” by the federal government than Indians. Because of that, no group has done worse….
November 22, 2016 Utah Lands office intervenes in heated disputes between ranchers, feds Johnson said those who believe in multiple use of the land need to stick together, or else be picked off “one by one,” by…
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 13, 2016 What to do about growing conflicts over range lands in the West: Part 4 Today’s federal grazing institutions promote far too much raiding and not enough trading. As the Bundy standoff demonstrated, conflicts over land use have the…
October 12, 2016 What to do about growing conflicts over range lands in the West: Part 3 The lack of well-defined and transferable federal grazing rights presents serious obstacles to resolving rangeland disputes in a cooperative and mutually beneficial manner. These…
