The recent decision by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife to kill members of the Profanity wolf pack because they have killed a few cattle grazing public lands in […]
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Grazing Provisions in Bishop’s Utah Public Lands Bill Are Poison Pills
By Jonathan Ratner, Wyoming Director, Western Watersheds Project Representative Rob Bishop’s Utah Public Lands bill isn’t just a bad deal for Utahns who want to see Bears Ears protected as […]
Agencies Fail to Identify, Track, Penalize, or Deter Unauthorized Livestock Grazing on Public Lands According to a New Report from the Government Accountability Office
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report last week detailing the extent to which the United States Forest Service (USFS) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) have failed to follow […]
Congress Should Follow the Lead of Local Sheriff and Offer “Safe Escort” Out of Public Lands Ranching
By Josh Osher and Andy Kerr The Sheriff of Harney County, OR met with the leader of the armed occupiers of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge and offered a way to […]
Reality Check on Public Lands Ranching: A reaction to the rhetoric of the Bundy militia in Oregon
Boise, ID – Western Watersheds Project is disappointed that the government’s acquiescence to ongoing law-breaking on public lands across the West has led to the armed occupation of one of America’s […]
Efforts to sell or give away federal public lands is a freedom issue
Privatization or transfer to states would be a massive loss of personal freedom- In politics, it is common to hear that adoption of this or that policy would be a […]
Cruz 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 […]
Legislative moves to give public lands to the states advance despite little evidence of public support
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 […]