endangered species act
-
OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Idaho moves ahead with grizzly hunting season; judge weighs if neo-Nazi ‘troll storm’ is protected
Idaho State moves ahead with possible grizzly bear hunting season BOISE – Idaho officials have started the process of opening a grizzly bear hunting season this fall that would allow the killing of one male grizzly. The Fish and Game Commission in a 7-0 vote last week directed the Department of Fish and Game to…
-
Out West Roundup: Polygamous sect slowly losing control over remote Utah town
Utah Polygamous sect slowly losing control over remote Utah town HILDALE, Utah – In a place where political contests are virtually unknown, the campaign signs offer the latest hint that a polygamous group is losing its grip on this remote red rock community straddling the Utah-Arizona border. “For Hildale mayor vote Donia,” reads one sign…
-
San Miguel County, environmental groups sue feds over oil and gas leases, claim risk to sage grouse ignored
Claiming the federal government failed to consider the impact of drilling on a threatened bird’s habitat, three environmental groups and San Miguel County sued the Bureau of Land Management on Tuesday seeking to cancel a number of oil and gas leases sold earlier this year in southwest Colorado. “The Gunnison sage-grouse deserves strong conservation protections,…
-
Partnership, not partisanship, is answer to survival of rural livelihood and species recovery
As Congress returns from the August recess, many questions remain about the future of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Recently, the House Natural Resources Committee heard a series of legislative proposals addressing the program’s effectiveness, implementation, and even the legitimacy of the Act itself. While opinions about the ESA vary widely, Western Landowners Alliance believes…
-
Western guvs’ tilt on Endangered Species Act gets thumbs-up from landowners
On the same day they heard Trump administration Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke bemoan a “breach of trust” between the public and the federal government in the West, the region’s governors called for changes in a federal law they say bears some of the blame for that breach. The Western Governors Association adopted a resolution at their annual meeting…
-
Ken Buck’s ‘Drain the Swamp’ book about Washington corruption names names, rips the dome off the Capitol
When U.S. Rep. Ken Buck first arrived in Washington, D.C., after winning election to Congress in 2014, it was the most amazing thing. “You would think that you were in Vienna in some sort of fairy tale,” the Windsor Republican said. “The Army choir is singing, the filet mignon is on the plate, the speaker…
-
Gardner asks Colorado Farm Bureau for advice; Don Shawcroft has plenty
U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner from Yuma sent a letter Tuesday asking Colorado Farm Bureau President Don Shawcroft for advice on congressional priorities that would be good for agriculture and the communities around it. “With various commodity prices dropping close to 20 percent between 2013 and 2015, I would like to know what legislative priorities you…