Does this fisherman have the right to be in this billionaire’s backyard?
In 2018, Hill, 81, a retired nuclear weapons scientist, filed a lawsuit asking the state to clarify its notoriously muddy stream-access laws vis-à-vis one of his favorite trout fishing grounds. To the…
Read More...“I’d Have to Bury You Out Here.” The New Mexico Stream Access Battle Is Far From Over
The Western Landowners Alliance sees things differently. The alliance’s mission is to sustain working lands, connected landscapes, and native species, and executive director Lesli Allison says this argument is misguided.…
Read More...CPW Commission hears SAG draft, public comment on wolves
The Stakeholders Advisory Group delivered their draft report and recognize that wolves have both positive and negative impacts and will be allowed to remain where they are if they’re not…
Read More...USDA partners with Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem landowners to conserve wildlife habitat
Wyoming landowners in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem have long allowed wildlife to migrate through their private lands, and now, a new partnership will financially compensate them. The United States Department…
Read More...USDA to Provide Payments to Livestock Producers Impacted by Drought or Wildfire
The U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that ranchers who have approved applications through the 2021 Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) for forage losses due to severe drought or…
Read More...President Biden Releases FY23 Budget Proposal
The White House officially released their fiscal year 2023 (FY23) budget request on March 28, 2022. The release of the President’s budget proposal which outlines the administration’s spending priorities, is…
Read More...Water availability, regs spur farmland value chasm
It took a few years, but ag land values in California now reflect action taken by legislators eight years ago to pass the state’s landmark groundwater law. A growing chasm…
Read More...Senators Fischer, Grassley, Tester, Wyden unveil updated cattle market reform bill
U.S. Senators Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today released an updated version of their legislation, the Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act.…
Read More...Corner crossers reach for federal court, access to 1.6M Western acres
Four hunters charged with trespassing in Carbon County Wyoming seek a federal court where their case could resolve the legality of corner crossing to access 1.6 million acres of public…
Read More...New Legislation Would Improve Grazing and Wildlife Habitat Potential of Conservation Reserve Program
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), members of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, have introduced the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Improvement Act. This legislation…
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