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    Public Lands Council > Blog and Press

Blog and Press

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

    Posted by Public Lands Council on 12/22/2014

    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…

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

    Posted by Public Lands Council on 12/12/2014

    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…

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  • House Passes Bill to Modernize Endangered Species Act

    Posted by Public Lands Council on 12/12/2014

    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…

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  • House Passes Trillion Dollar Funding Package for 2015

    Posted by Public Lands Council on 12/11/2014

    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…

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  • Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

    Posted by Public Lands Council on 11/07/2014

    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…

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  • Capital Issues Newsletter: November & December 2014

    Posted by Public Lands Council on 11/01/2014

    Capital Issues Newsletter: November & December 2014

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  • Obama ‘not finished’ naming monuments

    Posted by Public Lands Council on 10/27/2014

    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…

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  • Retired PLC head: a modern-day pioneer

    Posted by Public Lands Council on 10/06/2014

    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…

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  • Capital Issues Newsletter: October 2015

    Posted by Public Lands Council on 10/01/2014

    Capital Issues Newsletter: October 2015

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  • Ranchers seek due process with USFS

    Posted by Public Lands Council on 09/22/2014

    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…

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  • Capital Issues Newsletter: September 2014

    Posted by Public Lands Council on 09/01/2014

    Capital Issues Newsletter: September 2014

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  • House Passes Bill to Modernize Endangered Species Act

    Posted by Public Lands Council on 08/04/2014

    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…

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  • Capital Issues Newsletter: July & August 2014

    Posted by Public Lands Council on 08/01/2014

    Capital Issues Newsletter: July & August 2014

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  • Capital Issues Newsletter: June 2014

    Posted by Public Lands Council on 06/01/2014

    Capital Issues Newsletter: June 2014

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  • Capital Issues Newsletter: May 2014

    Posted by Public Lands Council on 05/01/2014

    Capital Issues Newsletter: May 2014

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