by Editor | Jul 30, 2013 | War on the West, Wildlands Project
Posted 7/30/2013 by Scott Streater, E&E reporterE&E News The Bureau of Land Management announced today that it has withdrawn more than 300,000 acres of federal land in six Western states from new mining claims in an effort to preserve the lands for...
by Editor | Jul 26, 2013 | Drones, WA State News, War on the West, Water Issues
Before you begin reading the commentary below, a few terms might need to be defined: Spatial planning, according to Wikipedia, refers to the methods used by the public sector to influence the distribution of people and activities in spaces of various scales. Discrete...
by Editor | Jul 26, 2013 | EPA, Govt Agencies, Property Rights, Taxes, War on the West
By Stevie Mathieu Columbian Politics Reporter Thursday, July 25, 2013 Conservationists cried foul this week when a bill that would slash money for land and water conservation projects began moving through Congress. They’re putting pressure on U.S. Rep. Jaime...
by Editor | Jul 20, 2013 | Environmental Lawsuits, Govt Agencies, Property Rights, War on the West
Freedom Foundation Posted 7/20/2013 Are you really free? You might think: “Of course I am.” After all, no one’s telling you how to live, work, or act on a daily basis. Right? The reality might surprise you. Yesterday’s “American Dream” is today’s regulatory...
by Editor | Jul 20, 2013 | Govt Agencies, WA State DOE, War on the West, Water Issues
by David LesterYakima-Herald Posted 7/19/2013 An ambitious and expensive plan to meet future Yakima River Basin water needs for people and fish has passed a milestone. The road ahead, however, will be long and will require substantial public and private investment to...
by Editor | Jul 18, 2013 | Govt Agencies, War on the West, Wildlands Project
By Stanley Kurtzfor National Review March 18, 2013 10:01 AM Last Friday’s headlines focused on President Obama’s address at Argonne National Laboratory, where he proposed to spend $2 billion on an energy-security trust fund for renewable fuel research. Obama...
