July 26, 2017 Minnesota counties appeal to Zinke to cancel job-killing mineral withdrawal proposal The application for withdrawal is the first step in a process that could ban mining projects in these national forest lands, and potentially wreak…
July 21, 2017 Will Zinke’s privatization plan improve national parks conditions, accessibility? While federal restrictions in national parks have done little to protect the lands and objects within them from severe wear and tear, there are…
July 14, 2017 Despite ranchers’ concerns, Zinke recommends no changes to Craters, Hanford monuments Craters of the Moon was first designated in 1924 and occupied 54,000 acres. In 2000, President Clinton expanded it more than ten-fold, to 700,000…
July 8, 2017 Bears Ears reduction NOT unprecedented, and not up to Congress The Antiquities Act — which says monuments should be limited to the smallest area compatible with the site or object being protected — does…
June 29, 2017 Public lands ‘Deep State’ forges ahead despite Zinke plan to reduce Bears Ears If there is a public lands deep state, it would be composed of holdover groups such as the Bears Ears Commission. With an agenda…
June 13, 2017 Zinke recommends Bears Ears be limited to ‘smallest area compatible’ “Therefore, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) recommends that (1) the existing boundary of the BENM be…
June 7, 2017 Ask Secretary Zinke to remedy Clinton’s immoral Grand Staircase-Escalante land grab “In 1996, President Bill Clinton used the Antiquities Act to lock up nearly 2 million acres of Garfield and Kane Counties. And it’s worth…
May 27, 2017 Ute woman calls out ‘false narratives’ used by enviro groups to push Bears Ears Monument For decades we’ve seen special interest groups like Sierra Club and SUWA lobby for the full extinguishment of our rights to public lands using…
May 8, 2017 San Juan County’s largest Navajo chapter formally opposes Bears Ears Monument Named after a pair of mesas which dominate the high desert landscape, Bears Ears is arid, and rich in minerals and fossil fuels, but…
April 20, 2017 BLM revision plan means states have more say, but enviros hate it Indeed, in directing BLM to “make every effort to restore order, focus, and efficiency to the Federal land planning process,” Zinke clearly takes aim…
