May 17, 2017 Undue Green Influence: Controversies over BLM plans formulated in collusion with enviros Unfortunately for Americans in the West, where the BLM asserts control over staggering amounts of land and resources, the federal agency and many of…
April 22, 2017 Interior Department fumbles, Nevada gets brief stay from sage grouse rules Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt, who filed the suit on behalf of the state, said of Du’s ruling, “The federal government’s greater sage-grouse land-use…
March 11, 2017 Endangered Species Act: Stories of Abuse …the current use of the ESA is incredibly expensive to American tax payers and our economy. As of December 2014, the average listing cost…
March 6, 2017 BLM Idaho management plan to prohibit hobby rock collecting Approximately 3 million acres are targeted for withdrawal in Idaho. Affected areas include much of the land in and around the Lost River basin…
January 5, 2017 Ranchers vow to fight Obama land grabs, sage grouse plans, BLM rules “Ranchers that operate on federal lands protect water sources used by livestock and wildlife, maintain fence lines, reduce spread of invasive weeds like cheatgrass…
January 2, 2017 Endangered Species Act: Conservation or assault on property rights? Fostering landowner resentment and hard feelings towards the government is counterproductive because private landowners are the key to successful endangered species conservation. Nationwide, private…
December 3, 2016 Exclusionary BLM planning rule in crosshairs of rural, western interests Lane believes the emphasis on the environment would come at the expense of BLM’s current mandate to manage for “multiple use and sustained yield.” …
September 23, 2016 Ranchers benefit sage grouse with healthy rangelands, wildfire mitigation When ranchers implement conservation practices that benefit sage grouse, those practices also benefit 350-plus sagebrush-dependent species. Natural Resources Conservation Service Utah rancher Bill Kennedy…
September 5, 2016 Fed sage grouse ‘protection’ could prove deadly to ranching, domestic energy Feds to restrict grazing, other activities on public lands to save sage grouse in the West by Dan Elliot as published by L.A. Times…
