May 5, 2017 Patagonia et al. looking for profits and subsidies from Antiquities Act land grabs Corporations like Patagonia, however, are raking it in. The outdoor recreation industry generates about $120 billion per year in revenues. As more wilderness areas…
May 2, 2017 House Natural Resources reviews Antiquities Act abuses, possible reversals “Traditional Utah Navajo people are not magazine environmentalists but are real stewards of the land whose interests will be destroyed by a Bears Ears…
April 30, 2017 Enabling Act debt basis for BLM transfer of 2,120 acres to State of Montana This most recent part of the process began in 2015 when Montana gave the BLM a wish list identifying more parcels than was necessary…
April 28, 2017 Bears Ears: The last straw in monuments abuses That law was intended to prevent the looting of archaeological and Native American structures and objects, and it gave the federal government an expeditious…
April 26, 2017 Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante at top of Zinke monuments review Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said Tuesday there’s “no doubt” he is visiting Utah to talk to people about the controversial Bears Ears National Monument…
April 25, 2017 Trump, Hatch eye rolling back 2 decades of national monument land grabs It’s worth noting that the areas targeted by Obama in his waning days, including Bears Ears, Gold Butte, Nevada (the location of the Cliven…
April 24, 2017 Klamath Tribes terminate water compact, potentially devastating ranchers, farmers In April 2014, ranchers and the Tribes signed the Upper Basin Comprehensive Agreement. The ranchers agreed to retire 18,000 acres of land or 30,000…
April 23, 2017 Alaska sues federal government, contending state controls riverbed, not BLM In its complaint, Alaska said it gained title to submerged lands and navigable waters when it acquired statehood, unless the federal government made any…
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…
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…
