story by Mya Frazier as published on OutsideOnline.com EnergyNet, an online auction company from Amarillo, Texas, is set to make a fortune from oil and gas leases. And good luck finding a way to protest. When Texas oilman Bill Britain started the auction site EnergyNet in October 1999, […]
Since the BLM has removed state websites and staff directories from the internet, and they now have only one portal for very limited information for the public, we thought we’d give you a quick update on who’s running the Bureau of Land Management at national and state levels. […]
photo: Western Watersheds Project Please sign this petition HERE. SOURCE: Petitions.whitehouse.gov We the people ask the federal government to Call on Congress to act on an issue: Livestock Grazing on Public Lands Rectify the Heavy Impact Created by T.B. on November 23, 2017 Sign This Petition Needs 99,602 […]
Source: Bloomberg The fight over preserving public land during the Trump era is taking a strange, angry twist in Montana’s Crazy Mountains. Both sides are armed. In Park County, Mont., North Fork of Horse Creek Road with a “No Forest Service Access” sign. Photographer: THOMAS PRIOR FOR BLOOMBERG […]
By Greg Zimmerman as published on Medium’s Westwise Rep. Rob Bishop goes after Washington Post’s accurate account of Bishop’s legislative agenda Utah Congressman Rob Bishop, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, has made no secrets about his disdain for America’s foundational conservation laws. On the Endangered Species […]
by Debbie Coffey In my opinion… We need to find a fix for the unhealthy populations of non-native, domestic cattle and sheep on public lands. Imagine a proposal to introduce privately owned livestock onto the public lands of the American West. The owners of the privately owned livestock […]
By Chris Krupp as published in The Seattle Times Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s actions show his priority is to fossil-fuels companies and whether they will be able to profitably access the public lands they’ve long relied on for cheap natural resources. Shortly after taking office in March, Interior […]
Many thanks to Susan Wagner, Pres. of Equine Advocates, for writing this excellent OpEd for the New York Daily News. SOURCE: New York Daily News by Susan Wagner, Pres. of Equine Advocates Special interests in the ranching, oil and gas and mining industries and the lawmakers who do […]
The video below by Mike Hudak was done in 2010, but it still applies today and is worth watching. We also recommend you go to mikehudak.com and read his book, “Western Turf Wars.”
Fax this to your Congressional Representatives: SOURCE: Animal Welfare Institute “of the total number of livestock and wild horses and/or burros known or authorized to graze within HMAs and their associated grazing allotments, 1.8 percent are wild horses, 0.4 percent are wild burros and the remaining 97.8 percent […]
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