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 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…
December 19, 2016 Zinke: BFF of D.C. bureaucracies and environmentalist special interests Once upon a time, environmental groups would purchase land for conservation. Now they conscript government to seize it. In 2011 the Fish and Wildlife…
October 19, 2016 OPINION: Feds impede access to public lands in Montana We have example after example where politicians are “all talk no action.” Federal agencies have a “block public land access for a radical environmental…
October 5, 2016 Nevada public lands transferred to tribal nations ..this bill will transfer more than 70,000 acres of Nevada public lands back into tribal control – empowering those tribal governments to control their…
