“Camping” On Your Own Land Is Now Illegal — Gov’t Waging War On Off-Grid Living Written by Reid Rosenthal on October 17, 2015 · Have a comment? By Jay Syrmopoulos Across the U.S., local zoning officials are making it increasingly difficult for people to go off the grid, in some instances threatening people with jail time for collecting rainwater or not hooking into local utilities. As zoning laws have increasingly targeted the off-grid lifestyle, many have moved to the Southwestern U.S. as […] Continue reading here »
Conservation groups celebrating 317-acre Elkhorn Mountains acquisition Written by Reid Rosenthal on October 3, 2015 · Have a comment? TOM KUGLIN Independent Record Many times, conservation projects are years in the making and few and far between. Sometimes projects come in bunches. As the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Elkhorn Chapter gears up for its 30th annual banquet on Oct. 3, it will be celebrating the latest of a series of successful land acquisitions in […] Continue reading here »
9/11 Anniversary: America Remembers One Of Its Darkest Days Written by Reid Rosenthal on September 12, 2015 · Have a comment? Overthrow of America, and indeed the Western World. It is this horrific confrontation with the realities of cruel and radical ideology which may, in the end, have been the Paul Revere moment that saved us from far worse calamity, at least thus far. More that a tragic event, greater than a single disaster, far more […] Continue reading here »
Another EPA disaster, this time in rural Georgia Written by Reid Rosenthal on August 22, 2015 · Have a comment? Still reeling from a disaster it created at a Colorado gold mine, the EPA has so far avoided criticism for a similar toxic waste spill in Georgia. In Greensboro, EPA-funded contractors grading a toxic 19th-century cotton mill site struck a water main, sending the deadly sediment into a nearby creek. Though that accident took place […] Continue reading here »
EPA Leadership Should Face Criminal Charges Written by Reid Rosenthal on August 20, 2015 · Have a comment? Originally published at the Washington Times For environmental regulators, victories take the form of fines or jail time for the sinners, whose efforts to produce what humans find useful are insufficiently tempered by reverence for “the environment”– an imagined perfection of the world before humans. Those regulators must be tormented this week by the knowledge […] Continue reading here »
Wilderness Corridors: Agenda 21 under a new name Written by Reid Rosenthal on July 11, 2015 · Have a comment? Dees Illustration By Joshua Krause When it comes to people the government fears the most, those who live in rural areas must be somewhere near the top of the list. Not that there’s anything wrong with this particular group of people. It’s just that they’re a demographic that the government often struggles to contend with. […] Continue reading here »
Strong Western Water Bill Good for Wyoming Written by Reid Rosenthal on July 7, 2015 · Have a comment? Watch this week’s dose of common sense HERE. Strong Western Water Bill Good for Wyoming Dear Friends, This week I joined a coalition of my colleagues from California and throughout the West to cosponsor the Western Water and American Food Security Act of 2015. This bill, introduced by Rep. David Valadao (R-CA), tackles some of […] Continue reading here »
Happy 4th of July! Written by Reid Rosenthal on July 4, 2015 · Have a comment? Happy 4th of July!We hope that everyone can take a minute and reflect upon the importance our founding fathers put forth in the Constitution and Declaration of Independence. https://www.constitutionfacts.com/us-constitution-amendmen…/ Continue reading here »
Obama goes after the farmers Written by Reid Rosenthal on June 6, 2015 · Have a comment? By Joseph Curl – – Sunday, May 31, 2015 OPINION/ANALYSIS: Farmers are now the bad guys. President Obama’s administration last week claimed dominion over all of America’s streams, creeks, rills, ditches, brooks, rivulets, burns, tributaries, criks, wetlands — perhaps even puddles — in a sweeping move to assert unilateral federal authority. The New York Times […] Continue reading here »
The Greatest Generation Reflects on Memorial Day Written by Reid Rosenthal on May 25, 2015 · Have a comment? APRIL 19, 1776- MAY 25, 2015…For all of you who left your souls on the field of battle–You men, women, fathers, sons, daughters, and sisters of 239 American years who heard as your last sounds the cry of war, and breathed your final breath so that we might be free…an arching stairway to the […] Continue reading here »