3 Minute Message - 04/15/2015
The fourth article in our Breitbart series stems around the economic realities of our nation and how the Transfer of Public Lands is the only solution big enough to restore economic security, as well as state sovereignty in these uncertain times.
Read moreEducation Funding for Western States is Elementary
Education Funding for Western States is Elementary
By David Lifferth
How do you fund the education of your children with nearly 70 percent of your revenue-generating lands and resources tied behind your back?
Read moreNo. 1 Most Popular Story of 2014 on sltrib.com - Western Lawmakers Gather in Utah to Talk Federal Land Takeover
Any idea which story "garnered the most attention online over the last 12 months"?
Drumroll please ....
Read moreWhy Utah’s Federal Lands Fight Matters in Oklahoma [and all points East] - Part 5 of 5
This is the fifth in five-part series about federal lands by Trent England of the Oklahoma Council for Public Affairs - www.OCPAThink.org.
Legislation adopted in Utah calls on the federal government to transfer certain of these lands to the state. It set a deadline of December 31, 2014.
Just 1.6% of the land that comprises Oklahoma is owned by the federal government. In Utah, where state officials are leading an effort to reduce federal land ownership, that number is 66.5%. Yet there are good reasons why Oklahomans and all Americans should support Utah’s legal and political challenge to Washington, D.C.’s power.
The Neo-Colonialism of Federal Planners and Urban Elites - Part 3 of 5
This is the third in a five-part series about federal lands by Trent England of the Oklahoma Council for Public Affairs - www.OCPAThink.org.
Legislation adopted in Utah calls on the federal government to transfer certain of these lands to the state. It set a deadline of December 31, 2014.
Colonialism is “control by one power over a dependent area or people.” This definition applies to many western communities surrounded by federal land.
Most federal lands were originally open to use by local people and industries. Yet in classic colonial fashion, distant politicians and bureaucrats now routinely dictate restrictive policies that degrade or destroy local communities. Just one example, the Northwest Forest Plan devised in 1994 reduced logging by 80% for lands originally set aside for that very purpose. Based on bad science about the spotted owl, the plan devastated communities (as the USFS’s own report shows, corresponding with what this writer has seen in these same communities) and increased the intensity of wildfires.
Even some liberal politicians in the West have cried foul as outside interests have worked to shut down the use of lands for the very purposes they were originally preserved.
Article: “Feds Need to Let Up, and Give To Utah What is Utah’s” – Forbes
Article That Appeared in Forbes Magazine in August of 2013. Feds Need to Let Up, and Give To Utah What is Utah's
Read moreArticle: “Broken Compact – The Hollowing-Out of Nevada Statehood”
Before Nevada joined the Union in 1864, the U.S. Congress explicitly promised more than two
Read moreArticle: “Reason Foundation Innovators in Action 2013: Pursuing Fiscal Self-Reliance in Utah”
Utah State Representative Ken Ivory has been a leader in the pursuit of fiscal self-reliance in Utah, with regard
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Article: “The Economic Value of Energy Resources on Federal Lands in Utah”
There is more than $150 Trillion in minerals in western states. That is nine times our national debt!
Read moreArticle: “Environmental Conservation: Eight Principles of the American Conservation Ethic”
An overview published by the Heritage Foundation describing how conservation should be approached
Read moreArticle: “The New Battle Lands: States Seeking Control of Public Lands in the West”
Article from the Council of State Governments: The New Battle Lands: States Seeking Control of Public Lands in the West
Read moreArticle: “In rebuttal: Utilization, preservation both possible for our public lands”
It is time to restore some sanity to radical environmental policies, which are not preserving our water and air quality, or our Christmas trees, but in reality is
Read moreArticle: “Knowledge and Courage: What the West Needs to Take Back Our Public Lands”
The Federal Government continues to control more than 50% of all lands in the Western United States. Locked up in these federally controlled lands are more than $150
Read moreArticle: “Viewpoint: Transferring Public Lands to the State will help protect them”
For the last three decades, federal policies have continually reduced public access, killed our state and local economies, and brought national forests into a state of
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Article: “No Laughing Matter: Utah’s Fight to Reclaim Federal Lands”
No Laughing Matter: Utah's Fight to Reclaim Federal Lands, Article Appeared in the Michigan Journal of
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Excerpts from Federalist Society White Paper – Relevant Supreme Court Cases
Supreme Court Cases relevant to TPL. Excerpt from Donald Kochan's White Paper on the Transfer of Public Lands
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