Federal Land

Western Lawmakers Confront Federal Government

AP | MICHELLE L. PRICE | Posted 05.07.2012

PHOENIX (AP) — Herding sheep has been part of Carey Dobson's family tradition spanning four generations, even before Arizona was granted statehood b...

Obama Mining Rule Reversal: Environmentalists Slam Obama For Upholding Bush Era Policy

AP | JUDITH KOHLER | Posted 05.25.2011

DENVER — The same week President Barack Obama riled environmentalists with plans for offshore oil drilling, he faces criticism for signaling he ...

PHOTOS: The Week In Colorado News

Posted 05.25.2011

In an interesting week of Colorado news, the University of Colorado Board of Regents delivered some tough news to Colorado students. Meanwhile, in a ...

Utah Passes Law To SEIZE LAND FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, Hopes Movement Catches On In West

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Fed up with federal ownership of more than half the land in Utah, Republican Gov. Gary Herbert on Saturday authorized the use o...

Tim DeChristopher Reinvents the Greenbuck in Utah

Jerry Cope | Posted 05.25.2011

Jerry Cope

Deforestation, chemical pollution in the world's oceans, biological diversity, species extinction, and greenhouse gas emissions are detrimental to life on Earth as we know it.