A fatal flaw in plans for Western states to grab the public lands — paying...
Politicians claim states will make money managing federal lands. They conveniently avoid the “elephant in the room” The renewed effort to move the national forests, BLM lands, and maybe national parks...
View ArticleUtah Canyon Country ATV scoflaws finally charged
About the time Cliven Bundy and his supporters were making the BLM fold and sneak way, southern Utah malcontents were staging an illegal ATV ride through a closed-to-motor-vehicles trail in southern...
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UPDATE: Comment Period Extended on Predator Killing Contest Environmental...
UPDATE 10/17/2014: Due to a request by Representative Peter DeFazio of Oregon, the comment period has been extended until Midnight Mountain Time, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014. The BLM is asking for...
View ArticleLawsuit Challenges Idaho’s Cruel Wildlife-killing Contest
BLM Approves Unprecedented 5-year Permit to Allow Killing Contests for Wolves, Coyotes, Weasels, Rabbits, Skunks and Others BOISE, Idaho— Conservation groups filed a lawsuit today asking a judge to...
View ArticleWha ho! Interactive grazing allotment map
PEER creates a BLM Rangelands Health map- Grazing activists are going to cheer an interactive map created by PEER (Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility). As they sent their comments on...
View ArticleWith Lawsuit Pending, BLM Cancels Idaho Predator-killing Derby Permit
BOISE, Idaho —In response to a lawsuit from conservation groups, the Bureau of Land Management has decided to cancel a permit allowing an anti-wolf organization to conduct a “predator derby” on more...
View ArticleDefense Bill Threatens Sage Grouse With Free Pass for Livestock on Public...
WASHINGTON — The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) soon to be considered by the U.S. House of Representatives contains several provisions that would undermine current efforts to protect greater...
View ArticleWill 2015 be the year of the great land grab?
Election results put takers of U.S. public land in a good position? The 2014 congressional elections put an increased number of supporters and sympathizers of the states taking the public lands of the...
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Ely BLM Withdraws Decision to Poison, Crush and Chop Sage-grouse Habitat
White Pine County, Nev. – A Western Watersheds Project appeal forced the Ely BLM to withdraw a recent decision to destroy Wyoming big sagebrush, black sage, and pinyon-juniper communities across the...
View ArticleDefense Bill Wilderness Ornaments on Poison Package
“The middle of the road is where the white line is – and that’s the worst place to drive.” Robert Frost The recent passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA H.R. 3979): signed into law by...
View ArticleNews about the land grab
The plan to take away our public lands has its best chance ever with this new Congress. Here is some recent news from various places. In Utah, Ex-secretary of Interior Babbit denounces the land grab-...
View ArticlePublic land takers advance in Western State Legislatures
The collapse in oil prices has not dampened their interest or what many call their “outlandish” economic claims. Despite grassroots public support, those who want to take the public lands are now very...
View ArticleIdaho sportsmen rally against the land grab at state capitol
Two hundred fervently oppose Idaho gaining control of U.S. public lands- Saying that Idaho could not manage the national forests and BLM lands of the federal government, sportsmen who came to Boise on...
View ArticleSpeak for Wolves August 7-9, 2015 West Yellowstone, Montana
Speak for Wolves is an opportunity for the American people to unite and demand wildlife management reform and restore our national heritage. This year’s event is set to take place in the Union Pacific...
View ArticleTaking our public lands: what about donated lands?
If states grab federal lands, what happens to donated private lands? What do the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, the Nature Conservancy, Trust for Public Land, and hundreds of other organizations have...
View ArticleThe Sonoran Desert National Monument Plan to continue grazing is ruled...
Federal Court Finds the BLM Broke the Law in Permitting Desert Grazing- News release Contacts: Greta Anderson, Western Watersheds Project (520)623-1878 Sandy Bahr, Grand Canyon Chapter of the Sierra...
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Legislative moves to give public lands to the states advance despite little...
Montana is the exception by killing bill to create a land transfer task force- All of the Western states now entertain bills to take the public lands from the United States and give, transfer or take...
View ArticleSpeak for Wolves 2015: Wildlife management reform objective number 2
Wildlife management reform objective two- Recently we discussed the first objective in reforming the broken system of wildlife management we see in America today. That was to restructure the state...
View ArticleCruz tries to win the West by taking our public lands
Koch Bros. will smile at his attempt to auction off our lands- Ted Cruz has jumped on the billionaire’s land grab wagon by offering a bill requiring the federal government to give away or sell off what...
View ArticleWyoming gets nationwide bad publicity over data trespass law
Finally, the story gets out of the confines of Wyoming- While it was in its making, The Wildlife News was one of the few media sources outside Wyoming that covered the now well known data trespass...
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