September 8, 2017 House Resources Committee hears bills furthering state control of energy development The states examined in this study earn an average of $14.51 for every dollar spent on state trust land management. The U.S. Forest Service…
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…
May 20, 2017 Congress must advance WRPA to stop government extortion of water rights Land managers in the West increasingly demand that ranchers who work federal land surrender their water rights to the government or get off the…
October 4, 2016 Colorado Rep re-introduces bill protecting land owners from BLM errors Tipton Re-Introduces Bill to Protect Private Land Owners Following BLM Resurveys “The bill also protects landowners if the BLM determines that the property that…
