New Mexico’s state budget depends on oil and gas for the bulk of the funds powering our state government. One third of the budget in 2019 came from oil and …
Category: land management

Ignorance is Bliss: Blocking Science and the Public on Public Lands
Society is impossible without government. Even wolf packs have a rudimentary form of government. Government without science and facts as the basis for decision making is indeed tyranny. Yet it …

Destroying our Nation’s Environment for Money and Ideology
Now we have an administration that is bent on erasing a century of laws created by liberals and conservatives alike that protect our environment and keep our children from breathing toxic air and drinking poisonous water.

Wolf Opposition Is Part Of The Culture War
Predators can change how large animals like elk use the landscape and can also preclude excessive browsing of critical areas like riparian zones

Colorado’s Forgotten Valley
By Tom Ribe Busy cities, gleaming ski areas, young families hiking and biking in the latest gear; this is the Colorado outsiders may think they know. But the state …

Australia’s Federalist System Catches on Fire
Australia and the US have vastly different wildland management a fire management approaches. Australia’s comes up short.