Commissioners set to oppose controversial federal ’30X30′ program
The resolution says, in part, that 30 by 30 “would set (private property) aside through conservation, preventing the productive use of these lands and their resources.” Not so much, according…
Read More...Principles outlined to guide new elk management plan
New Mexico tribes sue US over federal clean water rule
Two Indigenous communities in New Mexico are suing the U.S. EPA over a revised federal rule that narrowed the types of waterways that qualify for federal protection under the half-century-old Clean Water Act,…
Read More...Anti-American Prairie Reserve bill divides Republicans, landowners
A bill targeted at stopping nonprofit groups like American Prairie Reserve from purchasing agricultural land has divided traditional allies — Republicans and ag producers.
Read More...Legislature strips Game and Fish of elk feedground closure power
Due to fears over the growing threat of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) among Elk populations of Wyoming, a bill was passed in the Wyoming Legislature that transitions the authority to…
Read More...US judge blocks Nevada grazing; sage grouse totals dwindling
A federal judge has blocked a Nevada project that would expand livestock grazing across 400 squares miles (1,036 square kilometers) of some of the highest priority sage-grouse habitat in the…
Read More...Judge: US agency illegally paid for Colorado predator hunt
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service illegally helped pay for a Colorado program to kill dozens of mountain lions and black bears in an experiment to determine if the predators…
Read More...Megadrought: New Mexico farms face uncertain future
Historic heavy usage of Rio Grande water has left New Mexico in a particularly difficult position ahead of the impending drought. Right now, a New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission hydrogeologist…
Read More...Legislature strips WY Game and Fish of elk feedground closure power
The Wyoming Legislature passed a bill March 29th that strips the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission of the authority to close any of Wyoming’s 22 winter elk feedgrounds and gives…
Read More...Opinion: Property rights are fundamental to a free society — and to conservation
“In Montana, conservative legislators have proposed a bill that would bar nonprofit organizations from purchasing land from willing sellers at a fair price. If enacted, the law would be a brazen violation…
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