Bears Ears Draft Plan E bans recreation, grazing on BLM + USFS lands
Gabriella welcomes back Andrew Sandstorm to discuss the latest news surrounding Bears Ears National Monument. Tune in to learn more.
Comments on the Bureau of Land Management’s proposed conservation and landscape health rule
CFACT joined a sturdy coalition to talk some sense to the Bureau of Land Management which is considering new rules that could negatively impact our outdoor spaces and your access to them.
Conservative conservationists shouldn’t be shamed and keep public lands open to recreational shooting
In Episode 132 of District of Conservation, Gabriella discusses three key points to kick off 2021.
The “Great American Outdoors Act” is a federal land grab slush fund
In a display of bipartisanship that is as rare as it is frightening, Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill are joining forces to impose their own brand of socialism on rural America.
BLM saddles up new program to manage wild horses
“Wild horses can’t drag me away” is the refrain of a popular Rolling Stones song from the 1970’s. Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is humming a revised version of the classic song, something akin to, “Wild Horses, time to drag ‘em away.”
Rolling back the tide of big government overreach
In little more than 30 days, there have been five distinct cases that you may have missed--each, a victory for responsible land use.
Sage grouse ploy a wolf in sheep’s clothing
The Interior Department announced that the sage grouse would not be listed under the Endangered Species Act, but a closer look reveals that the West’s worries are far from over.
Secure property rights: Hold government to the law
The Bundy ranch standoff illustrates the tension between land rights and an ever more expansive federal bureaucracy. Could ranchers find the law on their side?
Feds “save” spotted owls by killing barred owls
Radical environmentalists, including many who see humans as a plague upon the Earth, have succeeded in nearly totally destroying the logging industry in the Pacific Northwest, and they used the spotted owl as their primary weapon. Now the government is killing barred owls -- the spotted owl's larger cousin, the barred owl, which had been migrating westward into spotted owl territory. This is something akin to the NLRB outlawing football players over 250 pounds so that smaller, weaker would-be players have a better chance at making a team.