March 16, 2017 Zinke gives hope to coal country, approves $22 million lease in Central Utah “For many communities and tribes in Utah, Montana, New Mexico and other states across the west, coal on public lands has been both a…
March 13, 2017 Utah takes steps to advance local stewardship of lands within the state Public land ranchers won’t have to worry about their grazing fees skyrocketing or their allotments being sold to developers — if and when Utah…
March 12, 2017 Patagonia and the politics of subsidized public lands recreation Every year the federal government spends millions to support recreation, without earning much revenue from those campers, bikers and hikers. For every dollar that…
March 8, 2017 Part II: Environmental Multilevel Marketing, or Lobbying 101 As Green multilevel marketing has expanded into Utah, Colorado, Oregon and Nevada, we see an ever-creeping web of bureaucratic power under the guise of…
March 7, 2017 The Worldwide Web of Environmental Multilevel Marketing …when SUWA, Outdoors, Friends of Cedar Mesa, Patagonia, or the Utah supporters of progressive State Senator Jim Dabakis, et al, protest Capitalism and corporate…
March 5, 2017 Utah ranchers pushed off public lands by restrictive federal parks, monuments Just like humans, cattle have a personal bubble – a flight zone. Phillips can prove this to many a camper after trying to move…
March 3, 2017 Utah Judge rejects enviro lawsuit over state-introduced mountain goats The decision dismisses a lawsuit brought by the Grand Canyon Trust and Utah Native Plant Society that alleged the Forest Service is failing its…
March 1, 2017 Environmentalist Navajo calls opponents of Bears Ears takeover “Tame Indians” A recent survey confirms the fact that an overwhelming percentage of locals and Native tribes residing in San Juan County want Bears Ears rescinded, and outspoken and well-funded environmentalist…
February 23, 2017 Bears Ears designation “swallows up” lifelong rancher’s water, grazing rights, private property The federal government should not have this kind of authority over a state and local people. Especially when the federal government employees are so…
February 23, 2017 Utah lawmakers to address ‘hell’ of BLM-created wild horse crisis “It is a hell,” said Rep. Ken Ivory, R-West Jordan, sponsor of HCR22. “They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions,” Ivory…
