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National Park Service advisory panel resignations
Unfortunately the GOP is full of them...and that is what we conservationist Republicans need to change!- highplainshunter
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National Park Service advisory panel resignations
The prevailing opinion within the GOP is to cut funding for federal land management agencies. Then they turn around and complain they are poorly managed. This needs to change! It is incumbent upon Republicans who are also conservationists to change the GOP. Until we do this, it will be same...- highplainshunter
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National Park Service advisory panel resignations
Perhaps it is as simple as that. In any case, it stinks!- highplainshunter
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National Park Service advisory panel resignations
Good point! But what has happened to him since?- highplainshunter
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National Park Service advisory panel resignations
Are you suggesting that soldiers are free thinkers? The military doesn't want soldiers to question whether the hill is worth taking, they just want you to take the hill when ordered to do so. It would be a disaster in a military situation to sit around and take a vote on each order that is...- highplainshunter
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National Park Service advisory panel resignations
I am a Republican who spent six years in the military! What reason do you offer for Zinke's blind obedience to GOP orthodoxy?- highplainshunter
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National Park Service advisory panel resignations
What we are seeing is a very strong GOP anti-federal land influence on the Trump administration. And since Trump doesn't have a strong outdoor background (probably can't tell the difference between an antelope and a mule deer), he is easily swayed by political insiders. So I think that's...- highplainshunter
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Bros to Zinke and the Pres. don't have to drill
And how about the political favors done for the State of Utah regarding national monuments? Surveys show the public solidly against what Trump and Zinke did. Trump complained constantly about "rigged" primaries when he was campaigning. Now he doesn't hesitate to rig things himself.- highplainshunter
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Outdoor Lilfe on Bundy Fiasco
It would appear that the Bundys are willing to force another showdown. I'd set the bait and get them to bite. This time I would prosecute them correctly to the fullest extent of the law.- highplainshunter
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Outdoor Lilfe on Bundy Fiasco
Great article Ben! I couldn't agree more. Now the question is: Where does this go next? Westwise has published an article calling for Zinke to go after the $1.3 million that Bundy owes in grazing fees. That money is still owed and should not be dismissed. I encourage everyone to contact the...- highplainshunter
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Idaho Collabrative Public Land
Recently some of the same Wyoming legislators, who have been promoting federal land transfer, proposed a bill to create a Wyoming federal lands management collaborative. The proposed bill listed the members of the collaborative including ranchers, oil & gas, outdoor recreation, etc. Many of us...- highplainshunter
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Idaho Collabrative Public Land
Perhaps there is no better example of a collaborative than the recent Sage Grouse Initiative. People from all walks of life, including government officials, worked together for years to put together a series of plans to protect the sage grouse. After all was said and done, the Trump...- highplainshunter
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Utah Senator Hatch to Retire
Romney would be as bad for federal lands as Hatch. But since Trump and Romney hate each other, maybe that would be better than the Hatch/Trump love fest we have seen in recent months.- highplainshunter
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How the fight to save a bird species shows how to bridge the red/blue divide
I disagree when you say that habitat loss in the west has little to do with the decline in sage grouse numbers. Read this: https://www.sagegrouseinitiative.com/sagebrush-community/the-habitat/ Furthermore, the habitat loss that is hurting sage grouse is also hurting big game animals such as...- highplainshunter
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HR 4697 Cheney to amend 1984 Wyoming Wilderness Act
In my opinion, no state is more dysfunctional than Utah when it comes to federal land issues. We, in Wyoming, certainly don't want to emulate Utah and we are not.- highplainshunter
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HR 4697 Cheney to amend 1984 Wyoming Wilderness Act
Yes it takes an act of Congress to either make them permanent Wilderness Areas or return them to multiple use. In Wyoming, there is a process going on initiated by the County Commissioners Association called the Wyoming Public Lands Initiative (see link below). Committees have been established...- highplainshunter
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How the fight to save a bird species shows how to bridge the red/blue divide
By revisiting the sage grouse plans, the Trump Administration is trying to remove impediments to energy development. If this is what happens (see picture below) say goodbye to big game winter range!- highplainshunter
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Trump administration renews mining leases near Minnesota wilderness area
You have described what I call "exporting the negative externalities of doing business". Many companies and individuals try to do this. I saw this when I lived in North Dakota when farmers tried to export the true costs of draining their wetlands. Their drainage created flooding downstream...- highplainshunter
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Rinella cuts through the hyperbole on Bears ears, etc
Here is a link to a video showing how upset people were in Wyoming about the proposed Constitutional Amendment. More than 150 people attended the hearing in Cheyenne on December 14, 2016. Nearly a quarter of a million people watched this video...- highplainshunter
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Rinella cuts through the hyperbole on Bears ears, etc
Last year several leading members of the Wyoming Legislature proposed an amendment to the State Constitution that would have prohibited the sale of federal land transferred to the State. Hundreds of people showed up to oppose the bill at two hearings. Why were we so against it? It wouldn't...- highplainshunter
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