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Corporate giants buying big influence over national parks, monuments

Government cronyism has had a disquieting and steep upward trend during the Obama Administration. Whether it be ‘alternative’ or ‘green’ energy corporations like Solyndra, receiving hundreds of millions in subsidies, or outdoor recreation companies getting rock star treatment by federal management agencies, these extra-constitutional trysts show disdain for ordinary Americans and their representatives. CORPORATE NATIONAL PARKS The National Park Service (NPS) is chronically […]

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Who owns the view? Viral video poses questions about BLM photography permits

— Published with Permission of FreeRangeReport.com — “The camera equipment that we had was legit… long story short (BLM) pulled us off at the trail, brought us right to the BLM office and sat down with our team and I just tried to explain to them, look, I’ve been doing Easter Safari since ’95. And, look […]

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Tired of federal control of lands? ‘Go wet, young man!’

— Published with Permission of FreeRangeReport.com — Today, nearly all the world’s inhabitable land is either privately owned or held by governments, no longer available for homesteading. But what if people once again had that choice? That is a gist of a notion that has been around for several years: floating cities. Exploring the Great Blue […]

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Lawmakers Seek Investigation After Whistleblower Exposes Federal Thugs

— Published with Permission of TheNewAmerican.com — Outraged by new whistleblower revelations of horrifying wrongdoing by federal officials in the Bundy case — one official kept a “kill list,” others withheld evidence from the defense — prominent lawmakers in Western states are asking Congress and the Trump administration to investigate. The government’s case, which gained national […]

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Video: Elaine Willman on the Intentional Unsettling of the West

Photos by Rich Loudenback: Elaine Willman was recently invited to speak to the Bonner County Republican Women in Ponderay, Idaho. Elaine spoke on federal Tribal issues, un-regulated voting, on reservations, Avista/Hydro One, the silicone smelter and more. This in-depth video of that speech is riveting and a is must watch for patriots concerned with our […]

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Idaho Fish & Game Evolving To Corporatism

In 2007 the Western Governors Association (WGA) created the policy Resolution 07-01, Protecting Wildlife Migration Corridors and Crucial Wildlife Habitat in the West” which has since been scrubbed from their website. The purpose was “to strengthen the protection of wildlife migration corridors and crucial wildlife habitat in the west.” Subsequently, in 2008, the Wildlife Corridors […]

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Judicial tyrants strike a blow against Cliven Bundy

— Published with Permission of RenewAmerica.com — Larry Klayman decries judge’s action on jury selection in rancher’s trial In the years, months, and days before the signing of the Declaration of Independence in my native city of Philadelphia, on July 4, 1776, King George III, having issued one unjust if not illegal edict after another, having […]

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Zinke ‘Wildland Fire Directive’ emphasizes fuels reduction

— Published with Permission of FreeRangeReport.com — This year-to-date, 47,700 wildfires have burned 8 million acres across the country, with the majority of the devastation in the states of California and Montana. High-profile fires in Yosemite and Glacier National Parks have caught national headlines, however millions of acres of forest and grassland have burned in recent […]

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Interior Department giving tribes, states more sway over wildlife conservation

— Published with Permission of FreeRangeReport.com — “The Trump Administration is working hard with states and local communities to find solutions that are driven at the local level, rather than in Washington, D.C. As a hunter, I know the work of state wildlife agencies is absolutely critical to wildlife conservation in the United States.” — David […]

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Synopsis of Dan Love’s criminal activities laid out in OIG report

— Published with Permission of FreeRangeReport.com — The subordinate told us he felt morally wrong about deleting the emails, but he did not discuss his feelings with the senior manager. He stated that he was “not going to tell a senior law enforcement [manager] no” because he felt that doing so might jeopardize his employment. He […]

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A history of USFS malfeasance in Idaho’s Payette National Forest

— Published with Permission of FreeRangeReport.com — These structure fires occurred during the same time period that five cabins at Cabin Creek were ‘accidentally’ burned to the ground. In this instance, the rangers reported they were “burning garbage” when the flames suddenly got away from them. There was a group of professional forest fire fighters at […]

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Western leaders applaud Interior’s rollback of Obama-era methane rule

— Published with Permission of WesternWire.net — “[T]he BLM believes that the 2015 final rule unnecessarily burdens industry with compliance costs and information requirements that are duplicative of regulatory programs of many states and some tribes,” agency officials wrote. “As a result, we are proposing to rescind, in its entirety, the 2015 final rule.” Western officials […]

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