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CBU alert: Federal Land Grab

March 20, 2012

Citizens for Balanced Use Federal Land Grab Alert       The environmental groups have an inside track with the current President and the agencies under his control. Leaked emails from Interior Ken Salazar exposed secret meetings and the agenda to designate 2.5 million acres of Montana as the Treasured Landscape National Monument. This administration [...]

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USFWS looking to take more Montana water rights

March 20, 2012

http://dnrc.mt.gov/rwrcc/Compacts/CharlesMRussell/Default.asp Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge The Compact Commission has received a preliminary compact proposal from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge. The USFWS is currently working to generate a revised proposal for the CMR. The revised proposal and any associated documents will be posted on this [...]

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Trout Unlimited looks to steal water rights from users

June 24, 2011

High court lets Trout Unlimited in on water claims CBU opinion: This sets a precedence of TU coming in and filing a lawsuit on well water rights of your home, farm, ranch and city water usage be it from rivers or wells. This gives TU another way to abuse the Equal Access to Justice Act and taking [...]

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News from ARRA in Washington DC on OHV recreation hearing

June 24, 2011

  ARRA Partners Promote OHV Recreation to House Subcommittee Yesterday, June 22nd the House Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands held a hearing titled “Opportunities for Outdoor Recreation on Public Lands.” The focus of the hearing was on access to federal lands for recreational use and the economic benefits of [...]

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Enviro groups look to increase EPA’s power

June 20, 2011

Outdoors groups urge Congress to defend Clean Air Act CBU opinion: The story below talks about mercury contamination in our waters, and how the high water runoff will pull mercury off the land scape into the water ways. The only part the do not mention is the high amounts of mercury emissions released during uncontrolled” let it [...]

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Schweitzer and feds at odds over land management

June 20, 2011

Schweitzer tells land managers issues remain CBU opinion: The Gov. and the feds have been at odds for years against the majority of Montana’s wishes of how public lands are managed. The AGO was shelved for the moment due to the large opposition recognizing this was a land grab of public and private lands access and [...]

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Opportunities for Outdoor Recreation on Public Lands hearing being held in D.C.

June 15, 2011

On June 22nd the House Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands will hold a hearing titled “Opportunities for Outdoor Recreation on Public Lands.” While the final witness list has yet to be released we anticipate that motorized recreation will be represented on the panels.  The Hearing, which will be [...]

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Enviro’s denied power to harm Montana economy and recreation

June 15, 2011

Montana Supreme Court denies climate petition The Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday denied a petition filed by attorneys seeking state regulations to curb greenhouse gas emissions. Siding with Attorney General Steve Bullock, justices wrote in their order that the case raised too many questions about Montana’s contribution to a global problem To read the full [...]

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Wild Lands policy not over yet

June 7, 2011

Utah, Alaska and Wyoming to pursue wild lands lawsuit Utah officials said Tuesday they will continue to pursue a lawsuit against the federal government over a public lands policy the U.S. Interior Department withdrew last week. Also Tuesday, the governors in Alaska and Wyoming said they won’t withdraw a request to join the lawsuit until [...]

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Enviro Groups under scrunity for abuse of EAJA

June 7, 2011

Rehberg Among Army of Western Lawmakers to Introduce Legislation to Combat Frivolous Lawsuits on Taxpayer Dime CBU commentary: CBU has endorsed this action long ago and we are happy to see that it is moving forward. Check out one of many previous EAJA stories posted by CBU on this abuse. CBU was mistakenly left off the [...]

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