December 21, 2017 Greens, big rec corporations push false narratives about Utah monuments “The premise has to be there can be economic development, but it can’t take away from environmental concerns or preservation. That’s why the entire…
November 15, 2017 Zinke supports moving BLM HQ out West, possibly Salt Lake or Denver “You can have a jerk situated in Salt Lake, too,” Bishop said. “So the important part is actually having a department that cares and…
October 15, 2017 Western leaders assert state control over energy permitting in new bill “The states have developed extensive regulatory frameworks for permitting oil and gas development on state lands,” Gosar said. Energy-rich states not only do the…
October 12, 2017 Lawmakers from federally-oppressed West behind Antiquities Act reform bills With the political clout of globalist corporations and radical green groups behind such abusive land grab proposals, recent administrations–Clinton and Obama in particular–have used…
August 15, 2017 Zinke, Congress gradually shifting paradigm of public lands stewardship A 13-page memorandum to the Budget Committee this year contains his case for the proposed “paradigm shift” as well as calling for $50 million…
July 2, 2017 Too little too late? Congress advances legislation to curb wildfire proliferation Our forest health crisis can no longer be neglected,” said chairman Rob Bishop, Utah Republican. “Active management is needed to reduce the risk of…
June 27, 2017 Catastrophic wildfires bring urgency to Resilient Federal Forests Act Such destructive and ever-larger wildfires are a perennial event, and each year various agencies must brace–under tight budgets and limited resources–for long, busy months…
June 14, 2017 Bears Ears ‘protected,’ restricted from development BEFORE national monument proclamation The BLM’s resource management plan and maps of the region show that two-thirds of the land inside the 1.35-million acre monument is in some…
May 29, 2017 Bill to end ATF war on sporting firearms, ammo introduced by Utah Rep. Rob Bishop of Utah introduced his own bill scaling back certain powers of the Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Agency (ATF). But instead of dealing…
May 26, 2017 Natural Resources head moves to bring more local control to land, resource policies “Our experience has been that the BLM [Bureau of Land Management] planners hold very few public meetings where information is given, but not exchanged,”…
