February 28, 2017 Wolf ESA plan should focus on species recovery, not shutting down ranchers This plan set a recovery goal of 100 wolves, a target that was exceeded in 2014. However, instead of celebrating the recovery plan’s success…
February 28, 2017 Utah House passes first of its kind ‘livestock harassment’ bill …some youths were using vehicles to frighten and chase down baby cows. According to Chew, “The kids were laughing while chasing the calves and running them over, and they…
February 27, 2017 Making The Rural American West Great Again Commentary by: Tony Franco | 2/23/2017 President Trump was elected thanks to voters in states surrounding the Great Lakes, thanks to his…
February 17, 2017 Oregon lawmakers step up to consider state authority over lands Wilson and other rural Republicans pointed out that their districts are overwhelmingly composed of federal land. They said cutbacks in logging due to overregulation had limited…
January 31, 2017 Zinke affirms support for unconstitutional federal control of America’s lands Excessive federal ownership is not only illegal; it is also bad policy. Federal land management is subject to the constant buffeting of special-interest politics,…
January 30, 2017 Feds side with enviros, ban grazing on 68,000 acres for frog study Multiple environmental groups — Concerned Friends of the Winema, Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center, Western Watersheds Project, Oregon Wild and the Center for Biological Diversity —…
January 29, 2017 Utah leaders issue resolution to undo decades of federal monuments injustices “When Democratic Presidents exit, Utah has become the ATM for paybacks to special interest groups.” Utah State Representative Greg Hughes “The Tsunami wave of…
January 24, 2017 Poll: Utah ready to fight for state control of public lands The question is should use of those lands be determined by federal land agencies – like the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest…
January 23, 2017 Wyoming lawmakers consider future of lands stewardship amendment On the other side are critics of the federal government’s bureaucracy. They note that it can take over a decade to permit grazing, mining,…
January 20, 2017 Addressing inequality of western states through locally-sourced stewardship Federal land agencies have managed the West like a museum for years. This hands-off management approach has resulted in watershed destruction, air pollution, and…
