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Supreme Court should grant cert in timber sale appeal

January 19, 2018 | By CALEB TROTTER

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?

September 26, 2016 | By JONATHAN WOOD

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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PLF levels the field against frivolous federal litigation positions

November 11, 2013 | By TONY FRANCOIS

Recently, the House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation held an interesting hearing on "Threats, Intimidation and Bullying by Federal Land Management Agencies."  The witnesses, most of them cattle ranchers from Western states, poignantly summarized the legal and regulatory haras ...

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Fed agencies raid people "like they're Scarface"

December 19, 2011 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

The Wall Street Journal with a nice look at federal agencies and over-criminalization.  Unfortunately the article appears to be behind a paywall. ...

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Federal land swaps dealt another blow

October 21, 2010 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author:  Damien M. Schiff Federal law authorizes agencies to exchange federal lands for private lands.  These land exchanges are often very advantageous to both sides:  the feds get property that they need for environmental or other public purposes, and private industry gets land that they need for business.  Unfortunately, ...