March 30, 2018 Fossils: The new rationale for locking up lands and resources Amazingly, astonishingly, earlier this year, just after President Trump used his executive authority to reconfigure two massive national monuments in Utah, ‘spectacular,’ ‘major cashes’…
March 28, 2018 Will Forest Service plan lock up San Juan lands with wilderness designations? The preliminary analysis conducted by the Forest Service makes it appear as if large tracts of land could be designated in the Abajo unit…
March 15, 2018 Natural gas project a huge boon to Utah’s economy, public schools The BLM, which first initiated public scoping of the project nine years ago, conducted a draft review looking at environmental impacts and other project…
March 10, 2018 Utah farmers step up to defend Trump monument reductions “The Antiquities Act has been abused to designate ‘monuments’ that grossly exceed the scale envisioned by Congress,” Gibson said. “These land grabs set aside…
February 14, 2018 ‘Chaining’ pinion and juniper overgrowth restores habitat, reduces catastrophic wildfires Chaining and other Pinyon-Juniper removal projects often include aerial seeding of native and drought resistant plant species which helps the area to recover and…
February 1, 2018 Who owns the view? Viral video poses questions about BLM photography permits “The camera equipment that we had was legit…long story short (BLM) pulled us off at the trail, brought us right to the BLM office…
January 19, 2018 Without your voice, BLM management plans will be ‘swamped’ by greens Economic ruin to some communities, encroaching urbanism, and progressive politics incompatible with the realities of rural life have resulted in bitter divisions across the…
January 12, 2018 Bishop, Curtis bill sells out future of San Juan County to enviro special interests Representative John Curtis sponsored HB 4532 titled “A bill to create the first Tribally managed national monument, and for other purposes.” The first paragraph…
December 21, 2017 Greens, big rec corporations push false narratives about Utah monuments “The premise has to be there can be economic development, but it can’t take away from environmental concerns or preservation. That’s why the entire…
December 14, 2017 Utah’s local conservation efforts incentivize protection of threatened prairie dogs Consequently, the regulation blocks people from engaging in activities that most of us take for granted in our own communities—including building homes in residential…
