Navarro initially granted a mistrial after finding that the federal government improperly withheld evidence. She said video surveillance, maps and FBI interview information were willfully withheld by the prosecution in violation of due process required by the U.S. Constitution. Greg…
In 2009, the editor of an outdoor recreation magazine decided that, rather than portaging his canoe down a 0.8 mile public trail connecting a series of streams and ponds on public land, he would canoe across private property, which allowed…
A document released on November 27 confirms what we had previously reported about the Bureau of Land Management head of Law Enforcement Services misuse of federal vehicles. By Marjorie Haun A document released on November 27 confirms what we had…
In October, Republican Attorney General Tim Fox issued an attorney general’s opinion finding that Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock’s decision to circumvent the Montana State Board of Land Commissioners in approving an eastern Montana conservation easement ran counter to the law.…
Imagine a country that has a corrupt authoritarian government. In that country no one knows about checks and balances or an independent court system. Private property is not recognized in that country either. Neither can one buy or sell land.…
The debate over public lands is easily resolved by applying the 10th Amendment: The powers not delegated to the federal government are reserved to the States or to the people. Phil Lyman Republican Candidate for Utah House District 73 Three…
After spending many summers on Crooked Lake in the U.P., we finally purchased our own lakefront property in 2010. Like generations of Michiganians before us, we planned to use the water for boating and fishing. We were living our dream. Until…
...U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service...diverted the stream onto its own land. Two days before Christmas, the newly re-routed waterway jumped its banks, sent a torrent of mud and water across Patch of Heaven, and did over $90,000 worth of damage.…
If the radical interpretation succeeds, people could go to jail for accidentally striking an unknown, endangered insect while driving down the highway. Pacific Legal Foundation WildEarth Guardians v. Department of Justice Unintentional, accidental “take” of species should not be a…
"I caught a claim jumper three weeks ago...Finally, I called the BLM Prineville office cop, but he was 350 miles away. I called the regional manager and he referred me to the BLM police, so I called the state BLM…