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Supreme Court should grant cert in timber sale appeal
In 2012, Oregon-based Scott Timber Co. purchased a contract from the federal Bureau of Land Management to harvest 187 acres of a western Oregon forest designated for timber harvesting. As part of the sale, the Bureau prepared an environmental assessment and a "Finding of No Significant Impact" pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA ...
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Should unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats have free rein to regulate whatever they please?
PLF argues "no," in an amicus brief supporting four states, industry groups, and an Indian tribe in their challenge to the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) unlawful fracking regulation. It purports to regulate all fracking on federal lands based on the potential impacts of fracking to underground drinking water sources, despite the fact that Congr ...
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Broken promises
Author: Reed Hopper Utah officials are not very happy with the Secretary of Interior's latest land grab. Nor should they be. As reported in the Salt Lake Tribune, Secretary Salazar is recanting on a hard fought settlement agreement and unilaterally making new law. Interior Department Secretary Ken Salazar annou ...
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Must have basic management skills . . .
Author: Daniel Himebaugh Earlier this week, the Government Accountability Office reported that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management participated in multiple transactions involving the illegal sale or purchase of land since 1995. I won't comment on the GAO's audit, but it does remind me of a recent Reason Foundation study that readers o ...