"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 peace and good feelings. And there's a time to fight, and this is a time to…
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 or scientific interest in the smallest area "compatible" with their care and management. The abrupt 1996…
“You can have a jerk situated in Salt Lake, too,” Bishop said. “So the important part is actually having a department that cares and wants to listen to people and that’s the big issue. Having them in Salt Lake City…
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 Biber, a law professor and director of environmental and energy law programs at the University of…
“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 work the BLM does, Gosar said, but do it “more effectively, efficiently, and with less cost.”…
“In the nearly fifty years since it was signed into law, the ESA has done more to impede economic activity, obstruct local conservation efforts, and give federal bureaucrats regulatory control over private property, than it has done to protect endangered…
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 passed. Free of political checks, he ran wild with this power. Jonathan Wood Washington Post Interior…
Once the lawsuits have run their course, and fail, as I suspect, there will be an opportunity to use this review and whatever comes of it to brook a compromise reform to the Antiquities Act. That 111 year old law…
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 Alaska's authority to manage state-trust fish and wildlife species. All other 49 states support Alaska and…
"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 the firefighting groups that have to make decisions on how they can deal with Wilderness Study…