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Healthy Public and Private Lands
Eminent Domain & Energy Infrastructure
Development of energy sources is raising eminent domain issues.
Careful What You Ask For
Today’s Sagebrush rebels want federal lands transferred to states, while environmentalists want more federal control. Both sides should be careful what they ask for.
A Tribal National Park
In first-of-its-kind legislation, the National Park Service and the Oglala Sioux have proposed the 133,000-acre South Unit of Badlands National Park be turned into a Tribal National Park. Can it be done?
A Peaceable Solution for the Range War Over Grazing Rights
When environmental groups buy ranchers’ permits, there’s no need for the feds to start rustling up trouble.
Voices of Montana: PERC
Listen as Aaron Flint of “Voices of Montana” talks with Reed Watson, P.J. Hill, Shawn Regan, and Laura Huggins about free market environmentalism.
Bringing Bison Back to the Badlands
The Park Service wants another large buffalo herd in the Great Plains, which would advance the Department of the Interior’s Bison Conservation Initiative. In what may be a huge opportunity for the Oglala Sioux, a Tribal National Park is emerging in South Dakota—the first of its kind.
Local control is better management for federal lands
Citizens in the West have little say on how most of their land is managed. Some western states are beginning to fight for custody.
Bringing local knowledge to federal lands
In the West, nearly half the land is owned and controlled by the federal government, compared with only 4 percent in the East. Holly Fretwell explains why that difference affects the ability of western states to determine their own destiny.
Endangered Species Act
On The John Batchelor Show, Laura Huggins discusses the need to retire the Endangered Species Act for an economic incentive.