 Six Republican senators and two house Republicans have introduced legislation that would require the Justice Department to publicly disclose reimbursements it pays out to environmental groups and others that sue the federal government under the Equal Access to Justice Act. The 1980 equal access law pays legal expenses for certain small entities that sue the federal government, but the lawmakers say that environmental groups have abused the statute to create self-perpetuating cycles of litigation over projects on public lands.
Read about the house bill...
Read about the senate bill...
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 18 March 2010 )
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A student organization called Stream Access for All (SAFA) has formed to fight proposed legislation that would protect river outfitters but would effectively brand private boaters and anglers in Colorado as “criminal trespassers”
According to SAFA, here a few things wrong with the Colorado proposal – HB 1188
· It discriminates against private boaters and anglers by denying them legal access to Colorado rivers
· It invites criminal prosecution for trespass against private boaters and anglers
· It hinders Colorado tourism and recreation with the most restrictive river access laws in the United States
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Rep. Kathleen Curry has sponsored legislation in the state House of Representatives that would solidify the right of commercial rafting outfitters to float on rivers that pass through private property. Read more...
Read opinion piece from NRLC Director Mark Squillace...
3/1/10 UPDATE: Raft bill floats through committee. Read more...
3/3/10 UPDATE: CO House approves bill 40-25 - bill now goes to CO Senate. Read more...
3/16/10 UPDATE: Colorado Senate reworks river-access legislation. Read more...
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 16 March 2010 )
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 3/17/10 UPDATE: Grand Teton closes area for sage grouse mating. Read more...
3/13/10 UPDATE: The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to allocate up to $16 million to encourage farmers and ranchers in 11 Western states to protect sage grouse and the bird's habitat. Read more...
3/9/10 UPDATE: An environmental group is challenging plans by the Interior Department to classify sage grouse as merely a candidate for protection under the Endangered Species Act and not list the bird as threatened or endangered. Read more...
3/5/10 UPDATE: Federal authorities today embarked on a compromise effort to protect the sage grouse as a "candidate" species under the Endangered Species Act. Read more...
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 17 March 2010 )
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A federal agency is pressing the city of Flagstaff to offer potable water for snowmaking at Arizona Snowbowl that does not come directly from reclaimed wastewater.
In addition, Snowbowl could get government aid to cover the $11 million in higher costs for the water over 20 winters.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 09 March 2010 )
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3/10/10 UPDATE: Utah Senate approves federal lands bill, sends it back to House. Read more...
3/3/10 UPDATE: The [Utah] state House passed a bill allowing the use of eminent domain to take protected land from the federal government. Utah wants to develop a stretch outside Arches National Park and other areas. Read more...
This move is in reaction to an internal document leaked by the Bureau of Land Managemet that lists areas spread among nine states, most of which are in the West. The BLM has emphasized that the document represents only an initial brainstorming phase of the decision-making process.
2/22/10 UPDATE: Gov. Gary Herbert said Sunday he is assured for now that the Obama administration is not moving forward on any plans to designate national monuments in Utah or the West. Read more...
2/23/10 UPDATE: Utah senators submit legislation that would require congressional approval for president to create new monuments in Utah. Read more...
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 10 March 2010 )
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Not surprisingly, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers received thousands of comments about entrepreneur Aaron Million's proposal to build a pipeline from the Green River in southwest Wyoming to Colorado's Front Range.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 19 February 2010 )
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