Unlike cattle and sheep ranchers who hold grazing permits which they must diligently maintain and improve, and vigorously defend when the time comes to renew them, it appears that in this case, the parties in question have been allowed to…
"...many miners will wind up losing their claims, which are a unique form of property, simply because they don't read the Federal Register every day or actively monitor the social media feeds of those who do monitor and report on…
The Interior Department issued a press release touting its accomplishments during year one. Free Range Report invites you to consider the list and share your opinions on these achievements. Are they good and do they expand freedom? Are they bad…
It’s probably an esoteric issue to most Americans, but to landowners and businesses, primarily in the Western U.S., the “blanket” extension of ESA protections to “threatened” species has punished them for decades. A “take” of a protected species can bring…
“EPA regulators and agency-funded researchers have become accustomed to producing unaccountable, dodgy science to advance a political agenda,” Steve Milloy, author of JunkScience.com and “Scare Pollution: Why and How to Fix the EPA,” wrote in the Wall Street Journal. Michael…
As the Washington Post wrote this week, “The world is turning more and more to renewable sources of energy… to fight climate change. But what if climate change itself alters the distribution of wind, or sunlight… or river flows, and…
In 2015, President Obama signed the Omnibus Bill which ordered the US Department of Agriculture to stop enforcing Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) regulations. Since that time ranchers have been calling for the rules to be restored, not just to…
The Department of Interior announced it is rescinding a policy implemented under former President Barack Obama placing large areas of public lands off limits for consideration of oil and gas leasing and development. Heartland Institute H. Sterling Burnett As part…
Unloading cattle at facilities midway along a long haul has the possibility to cross contaminate with other cattle. This poses a major health risk for the animals and a biosecurity risk to the food supply. Hilker believes price discounts for long-transported…
The Bureau of Land Management is taking applications from Western states to test outcome-based grazing, which enables ranchers to manage according to current conditions rather than rigid permit requirements. John O'Connell Capital Press BLM experiments with ‘flexible’ grazing permits BOISE…