January 12, 2018 Zinke, drain the swamp before relocating Interior agencies to the West The era of replacing science-based resource management with heady, specious ‘environmentalist’ theories formulated by radical special interest groups needs to end. If Interior is…
December 28, 2017 From Agriculture to Zinke: The Biggest Stories of 2017 It’s been a whirlwind year for news related to natural resources policy, rural issues, and the matters that are most important to America’s future….
December 5, 2017 President Trump’s remarks about restoring Utah lands to its citizens “Your timeless bond with the outdoors should not be replaced with the whims of regulators thousands and thousands of miles away. They don’t know…
December 2, 2017 Zinke giving misguided Interior Department much-needed makeover For example, resource management plans, created by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), are designed to delineate how federal lands will be managed and…
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 28, 2017 Local voices trump outside special interests in battle over Bears Ears “We believe in the importance of protecting these sacred antiquities, but Secretary Zinke and the Trump administration rolled up their sleeves to dig in,…
September 18, 2017 Controversial Utah monuments among the ten Zinke wants to modify Once the lawsuits have run their course, and fail, as I suspect, there will be an opportunity to use this review and whatever comes…
September 14, 2017 Zinke ‘Wildland Fire Directive’ emphasizes fuels reduction This year-to-date, 47,700 wildfires have burned 8 million acres across the country, with the majority of the devastation in the states of California and…
September 3, 2017 Obstructionist enviro lawsuits blamed for severe Montana wildfires “It is the lawyers who are funding for these extreme environmental groups, who are having a tremendous impact, (a) devastating impact on allowing us…
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…
