Ep. 7: Obama’s conservation legacy w/ Mike Connor

On Wednesday night, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to advance the Ambler Access Project—a 211-mile road that would cut through pristine Alaskan wilderness to reach a proposed copper and zinc mine. The vote was the latest in a long-running battle over the road. The first Trump administration issued a federal permit for the project in 2020, […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 7, 2017 The vote sets land managers, Western communities back decades DENVER—Following a vote last month by the U.S. House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate today used the Congressional Review Act to undermine the Bureau of Land Management rule known as Planning 2.0. Rescinding Planning 2.0 means that Western communities will […]

A conversation with Luis Benitez, director of the Colorado Outdoor Recreation Industry Office. Links mentioned in the show: Headwaters Economics, Federal Lands in the West: Liability or Asset? The history of “This Land is Your Land“

The minuscule total is the result of a provision in Rep. Bishop’s legislation that would allow only 0.5 percent of funds to be spent in the West.

When Rob Bishop was a high school history teacher, he expected his students to meet deadlines. Now that he’s a member of Congress, his constituents and the American people expect no less.