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Public Lands Council Hosts Annual Meeting in Boise, Idaho
BOISE, Idaho (Sept. 8, 2016) – Western ranchers are gathering this week in Boise, Idaho, for the 2016 Public Lands Council annual meeting. As the only organization in Washington D.C. solely dedicated to representing livestock ranchers who utilize public lands, PLC’s annual meeting will focus on legislative and regulatory updates. This year’s meeting will again […]
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Environmental Groups Hamper Endangered Species Conservation
WASHINGTON (August 23, 2016) – Today, the Center for Biological Diversity along with other radical environmental groups threatened to sue the Department of Interior and Fish and Wildlife Service to force action on 417 proposed listings under the Endangered Species Act, all stemming from a massive lawsuit settlement brokered behind closed doors and without stakeholders […]
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Rancher Profile: Bob Skinner
Bob Skinner’s ranch was homesteaded by his Great Great Grandfather in 1863, and now has its seventh generation involved in ranching operations. Although his grandchildren are still in school, they have learned the family business and help their fathers – Bob’s two sons – and grandfather take care of the land and rangelands on which the […]
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Interior Appropriations Bill Advances through Committee
WASHINGTON (June 15, 2016) – Today, the House Committee on Appropriations favorably reported the FY 2017 Interior and Environment appropriations bill to the House of Representatives by a vote of 31-18. The bill addresses a number of priorities for the livestock industry, including language regarding the Greater Sage Grouse and full defunding of EPA’s problematic “waters of […]
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House Interior Appropriations Committee Marks Up FY17 Spending Bill
WASHINGTON (May 25, 2016) – Statement by National Cattlemen’s Beef Association President Tracy Brunner on the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies mark-up of the fiscal 2017 spending bill: “The spending bill marked up by the Interior Appropriations Subcommittee contained a number of priorities for cattlemen and women. Specifically this legislation would […]
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NCBA, PLC Accepting Fall Law Clerk Applications
WASHINGTON (May 16, 2016) – The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and the Public Lands Council’s government affairs office in Washington, D.C., is accepting applications for a law clerk for the 2016 fall semester. The deadline to submit an application for the position is May 27, 2016. NCBA Vice President of Government Affairs Colin Woodall said […]
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NCBA and PLC Pleased Administration Drops Lesser Prairie Chicken Appeal
WASHINGTON (May 11, 2016) – Statement by Ethan Lane, executive director, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Federal Lands and Public Lands Council regarding the decision by the Obama Administration to drop their appeal of the federal court decision that overturned the listing of the Lesser Prairie Chicken as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. […]
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Senate Turns its Back on Western Communities – Votes for permanent reauthorization of controversial federal land acquisition fund
WASHINGTON (April 20, 2016) – As part of the Energy Security and Research Bill (S.2012) passed today by the U.S Senate, the Senate inappropriately included a provision permanently reauthorizing the $900 million Land and Water Conservation Fund with a requirement that not less than 40 percent of LWCF money be spent on federal acquisitions. In […]
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Colorado Rancher Testifies before House Natural Resources Committee – Calls Administration’s Critical Habitat Plans Overregulation
WASHINGTON (April 19, 2016) – Fourth generation rancher Robbie LeValley of Western Colorado testified before the House Natural Resources Committee today to discuss the potential consequences of the Administration’s critical habitat policy. A recent rule finalized by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will change the regulations for designating critical habitat. While the Service stated […]
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Reid Pushes for Further Abuse of Antiquities Act
WASHINGTON (April 8, 2016) – Yesterday morning, Senator Harry Reid (D-Nev.) boasted on the Senate floor that he is actively lobbying the White House to lock off yet another large western landscape using the Antiquities Act, stating that, “Congress created the Antiquities Act to empower the president to protect our culture, our historic and natural […]
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Rancher Profile: Dave Eliason
A fifth-generation rancher, Dave Eliason works with his family to run cattle in both Idaho and Utah on private and public lands, and has long been a leader in his tight-knit community. In addition to his position as the 2019 president of the Public Lands Council, he has been a local church leader, a Boy […]
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NCBA, PLC Tell Courts BLM and USFS Land Use Plans Are Detrimental to Healthy Rangelands
WASHINGTON (March 9, 2016) – The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and the Public Lands Council along with the Idaho Cattle Association, American Farm Bureau Federation, and Idaho Farm Bureau Federation filed an amicus brief on Tuesday regarding the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service’s restrictive land management plans that came as a back […]
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House Approves Amendment to Reinstate Gray Wolf Delisting in Wyoming and the Great Lakes Region
WASHINGTON (February 26, 2016) – Today, the House passed an amendment to the Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) Act that would reinstate the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s 2011 delisting of the gray wolf from the Endangered Species Act in Wyoming and the Great Lakes region. Due to frivolous litigation by radical environmental groups, […]
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President Obama Uses Antiquities Act to Lock off Additional 1.8 Million Acres
WASHINGTON (Feb. 16, 2016) – For the 22nd time in his Administration, President Obama has improperly leveraged the Antiquities Act of 1906 to lock up millions of acres of the American West. In a press release touting the designation of Sand to Snow National Monument, Mojave Trails National Monument, and Castle Mountains National Monument – […]
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NCBA and PLC Accepting Applications for Two Summer Positions
WASHINGTON (Feb. 4, 2016) – The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and the Public Lands Council’s government affairs office in Washington, D.C., is accepting applications for a 2016 summer public policy intern as well as a summer law clerk. The deadline to submit an application for either position is Feb. 24, 2016. NCBA Executive Director of […]
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