• USDA Report: Ranchers’ Conservation Efforts Positively Impact Sage Grouse

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Shawna Newsome 202-879-9138 snewsome@beef.org USDA Report: Ranchers’ Conservation Efforts Positively Impact Sage Grouse WASHINGTON (Feb.12, 2015) –The United States Department of Agriculture today issued a report showing that since 2010, USDA and its partners in the Sage Grouse Initiative have worked with private landowners to restore 4.4 million acres of habitat […]

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  • Why Science Alone Can’t Save the West

    By Theodora Dowling Special to Western Livestock Journal, Jan. 1, 2015 “Science should guide good decision making, but it can’t replace it.” Brenda Richards recalled these words of Rob Gordon of the Heritage Foundation, spoken at a 2010 Public Lands Council (PLC) meeting. Federal land managers in the West would be wise to heed Gordon’s […]

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  • Capital Issues Newsletter: January & February 2015

    Capital Issues Newsletter: January & February 2015

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  • The Modern Art of Grazing Legislation: Getting Creative to Get it Passed

    By Theodora Dowling Special to Western Livestock Journal, December 22, 2014 Congress sometimes channels Picasso in order to get laws passed. Unexpected parts crop up in unexpected places. There’s an element of surprise, for example, when a public land management package gets laid onto a national defense spending bill before the paint dries. Like it […]

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  • Congress sides with Ranchers – Passes Key Provisions that Benefit Western Communities

    WASHINGTON (Dec. 12, 2014) – Today, Congress showed their support of productive western rangelands by passing necessary provisions of the Grazing Improvement Act, amending the grazing section of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act for the first time in many years. Championed by Sen. Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and Rep. Labrador (R-Idaho), the provisions were passed […]

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  • House Passes Bill to Modernize Endangered Species Act

    WASHINGTON (July 29, 2014) – Today, the House passed H.R. 4315 the Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act by a vote of 233 to 190. The Public Lands Council andNational Cattlemen’s Beef Association strongly support the legislation, which combines four bills previously marked up by the House Natural Resources Committee, and will be beneficial to updating and improving the Endangered Species Act […]

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  • House Passes Trillion Dollar Funding Package for 2015

    WASHINGTON (Dec. 11, 2014) – Today, with a vote of 219 to 206 the House passed a trillion dollar omnibus spending package to fund the government through the next year. The Senate is expected to take up the measure soon and with large bipartisan support in the House, all indications are that the bill will pass. Brenda […]

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  • Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

    By Theodora Dowling Special to Western Livestock Journal, November 11, 2014 “Tell your story!” Ranchers get this message drilled into them on a regular basis. It stems from the basic truth that public opinion influences public policy, and those laws and regulations—especially on public lands—can make or break a ranching family. The thing is, ranchers […]

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  • Capital Issues Newsletter: November & December 2014

    Capital Issues Newsletter: November & December 2014

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  • Obama ‘not finished’ naming monuments

    By Theodora Dowling Special to Western Livestock Journal, October 27, 2014 President Obama’s recent designation of a 350,000-acre national monument in southern California has many westerners wondering, “What’s next?” Since taking office, Obama has created or expanded 13 national monuments, primarily located in the West and totaling over 3 million acres. “And I’m not finished,” […]

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  • Retired PLC head: a modern-day pioneer

    By Theodora Dowling Special to Western Livestock Journal, October 6, 2014 Who were the pioneers? People who forged into new territory and used their labor, water and the soil to create a life for themselves and those who followed. If it hadn’t been for their ingenuity and determination, we wouldn’t have a home here in […]

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  • Capital Issues Newsletter: October 2015

    Capital Issues Newsletter: October 2015

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  • Ranchers seek due process with USFS

    By Theodora Dowling Special to Western Livestock Journal, September 22, 2014 If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, but the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) says it isn’t a duck…granted, nobody is likely to care. But sometimes, what the agency calls something is important, according to Public Lands Council (PLC) member, National […]

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  • Capital Issues Newsletter: September 2014

    Capital Issues Newsletter: September 2014

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  • House Passes Bill to Modernize Endangered Species Act

    WASHINGTON (July 29, 2014) – Today, the House passed H.R. 4315 the Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act by a vote of 233 to 190. The Public Lands Council andNational Cattlemen’s Beef Association strongly support the legislation, which combines four bills previously marked up by the House Natural Resources Committee, and will be beneficial to […]

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