December 4, 2017 San Juan County locals praise Trump’s Bears Ears decision “Ralph Waldo Emerson said, ‘God will not have his work made manifest by cowards.’ We need fighters. There’s a time and a place for…
November 16, 2017 Insiders mull what revisions Trump will make to massive Utah monuments That law passed by Congress gives U.S. presidents the authority to designate or set aside land as monuments to protect objects of historic, cultural…
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 16, 2017 Utah wildfires reignite debate over constitutional state control of public lands State-held lands tend to be managed more for resource extraction and economic development than federal lands, for historical, legal, and political reasons, says Eric…
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 2, 2017 Senators hope new legislation settles Utah prairie dog wars “In the nearly fifty years since it was signed into law, the ESA has done more to impede economic activity, obstruct local conservation efforts,…
September 28, 2017 Antiquities Act allows for presidential revocation, modification of monuments President Barack Obama designated most of his record-setting monuments during the twilight of his second term, long after the threat of electoral defeat had…
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 6, 2017 Alaska sues feds to stop overreaching Obama-era wildlife management rules The State of Alaska is among several parties with lawsuits pending challenging U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Park Service efforts to override…
August 15, 2017 ‘Wilderness study’ designation hampers firefighter access in Montana blazes “It’s not negligence,” Harris says. “That’s what people keep thinking but that’s not what it is. It’s people with responsibility like team leaders in…
