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Posted by Public Lands Council on January 9, 2018

Thank you for your purchase. Together, we can raise awareness of critical facts in the national monuments debate.
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Livestock Producers Encouraged by Report on National Monuments, Urge Swift Action from White House

Posted by Public Lands Council on August 24, 2017

WASHINGTON (August 24, 2017) – The Public Lands Council and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association were encouraged by the Department of the Interior’s report on National…
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Livestock Industry Reacts to Greater Sage Grouse Conservation Report

Posted by Public Lands Council on August 7, 2017

WASHINGTON (August 7, 2017) – Today the Public Lands Council (PLC) and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) issued the following statement after the release of the Department of…
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NCBA, PLC on DC Circuit Court Decision on Gray Wolf: “Perfect Example of Need to Modernize Endangered Species Act”

Posted by Public Lands Council on August 1, 2017

WASHINGTON (August 1, 2017) – Ethan Lane, executive director of the Public Lands Council and NCBA federal lands, today released the following statement in response to the D.C. Circuit Court…
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Ranchers Applaud U.S. Senate’s Confirmation of Bernhardt As Deputy Secretary of Interior

Posted by Public Lands Council on July 24, 2017

WASHINGTON — Ethan Lane, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association’s Executive Director, Federal Lands, and Executive Director of the Public Lands Council today released the following statement in response to…
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Livestock Producers Applaud Delisting of Yellowstone Grizzly Bear

Posted by Public Lands Council on June 22, 2017

WASHINGTON (June 22, 2017) — Craig Uden, president of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, and Dave Eliason, president of the Public Lands Council, today released the following statement in…
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Livestock Producers Support Nomination of Susan Bodine to Key EPA Enforcement Post

Posted by Public Lands Council on June 12, 2017

WASHINGTON (June 12, 2017) – The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and the Public Lands Council today sent a letter to U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and Thomas Carper…
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Rancher Calls on Congress to Address ‘Sue and Settle’ Abuse

Posted by Public Lands Council on May 24, 2017

WASHINGTON (May 24, 2017) – If family ranching operations and rural economies are going to survive another generation, Congress must address the problem of so-called “sue and settle” abuse….
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Arizona Rancher Calls on Congress to Relieve Rural America from an Increasing Regulatory Burden

Posted by Public Lands Council on May 24, 2017

WASHINGTON (May 24, 2017) – Arizona rancher David Cook testified before the U.S. House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations today, calling on Congress to remove layers of…
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Livestock Industry Calls for Relief from EPA’s Overly Burdensome Regulations

Posted by Public Lands Council on May 16, 2017

WASHINGTON (May 16, 2017) – The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and the Public Lands Council filed comments this week to the EPA calling for immediate action on several…
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DEADLINE EXTENDED: NCBA, PLC Accepting Fall Law Clerk Applications

Posted by Public Lands Council on May 2, 2017

WASHINGTON (May 2, 2017) – The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and the Public Lands Council’s government affairs office in Washington, D.C., has extended the law clerk application…
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White House Takes Important First Step to Reining in the Antiquities Act

Posted by Public Lands Council on April 26, 2017

WASHINGTON (April 26, 2017) – The Public Lands Council and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association applaud the executive order signed today that calls for a review of…
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Secretary Zinke Headlines Public Lands Council Legislative Fly-in

Posted by Public Lands Council on March 28, 2017

WASHINGTON (March 28, 2017) – U.S. Department of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke addressed the livestock grazing industry today during the annual Public Lands Council’s legislative fly-in, in Washington D.C….
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President Signs Resolution to Repeal BLM Planning 2.0

Posted by Public Lands Council on March 27, 2017

WASHINGTON (March 27, 2017) – President Trump today signed a congressional resolution directing the Bureau of Land Management to repeal their Planning 2.0 Rule. Wyoming rancher and NCBA and PLC member…
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Cattlemen, Public Lands Council Hail Senate Passage of Resolution Rolling Back BLM Rule: “Strike Two for 2.0”

Posted by Public Lands Council on March 7, 2017

WASHINGTON (March 7, 2017) – The Public Lands Council and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association today hailed Senate passage of the resolution to repeal the Bureau of Land Management’s…
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