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A “Huge Victory:” Cattlemen Hail U.S. House Passage of Resolution to Repeal BLM’s Planning 2.0 Rule
WASHINGTON (Feb. 7, 2017) – The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) and the Public Lands Council (PLC) today hailed U.S. House passage of a resolution that would repeal the…
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Livestock Industry Supports Legislation to Address BLM Planning Rule
WASHINGTON (Jan. 31, 2017) – The Public Lands Council and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association applaud the introduction of concurrent resolutions in both the Senate and House disapproving the…
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Ranching Industry Praises Department of Interior After Agency Reissues Hammond Ranches’ Grazing Permit
WASHINGTON (January 28, 2017) – Public Lands Council (PLC) President Bob Skinner and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) President Kevin Kester today issued the following statement in response…
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NCBA/PLC Support Confirmation of Rep. Zinke for Secretary of Interior
WASHINGTON (Jan. 16, 2017) – The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and the Public Lands Council released the following statements today in support of the confirmation of Congressman…
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NCBA, PLC Blast Obama’s National Monument Expansion in Oregon – Decision “Will Permanently Alter Community,” Could Put Ranchers Out of Business
WASHINGTON (Jan. 13, 2017) – The Public Lands Council and NCBA today blasted President Obama’s new national monument expansion in Oregon’s Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument and called for…
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NCBA, PLC Praise Senate Effort to Curb Abuse of Antiquities Act
WASHINGTON (January 6, 2017) – The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and the Public Lands Council applaud the introduction of the Improved National Monument Designation Process Act, championed…
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Livestock Industry Lays Out Federal Lands Priorities for Trump Administration
WASHINGTON (January 4, 2017) – The Public Lands Council and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association issued federal land management priorities for the new administration to bring…
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President Claims another 1.5 Million Acres through Antiquities Act
WASHINGTON (Dec. 28, 2016) – The Obama administration on Tuesday declared two new monument designations – 1.35 million acres at Bears Ears in Utah and 350,000 acres at Gold…
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Public Lands Council and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Comment on Endangered Species Coalition Report
Summary: The Public Lands Council and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association today commented on the Endangered Species Coalition’s report on priorities for a new administration by…
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BLM Releases Flawed Planning Rule in the Closing Days of Presidents Term
WASHINGTON (Dec. 1, 2016) – The Bureau of Land Management today released a final version of BLM planning 2.0. Ethan Lane, Executive Director of the Public Lands Council and…
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NCBA and PLC File Opening Brief in WOTUS Legal Battle
WASHINGTON (November 1, 2016) – The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and the Public Lands Council, along with other industry and municipal stakeholders, filed the opening brief…
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OIG Finds BLM Wild Horse and Burro Programs Out of Compliance
WASHINGTON (Oct. 28, 2016) – In a report from the Office of Inspector General for the Department of the Interior, the OIG found the Bureau of Land Management’s…
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Sage Grouse Management Plans Based on Inaccurate Science
WASHINGTON (Oct. 11, 2016) – One year after the announcement by the Department of Interior that a listing under the Endangered Species Act was not warranted for the greater…
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NCBA and PLC Accepting Applications for Spring Internships – Open Positions Include Public Policy Intern and Semester Law Clerk
WASHINGTON (Sept. 30, 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 2017…
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Takes Steps to Address ESA Deficiencies
WASHINGTON (Sept. 26, 2016) – Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released a final rule that begins to address rampant abuse of the Endangered Species Act listing…
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