Who should decide how public land is developed in Idaho – local elected officials or unelected bureaucrats in Washington D.C.?

We’ll be providing policymakers with recommendations to help sow the crop for a better agricultural climate.

More than 60% of land in Idaho is controlled by the federal government - meaning a loss of tax revenues for local government. How much...

Who is responsible for Idaho’s water supply? A generic answer would be ‘everyone.’ A more thoughtful answer would specify policymakers...

Unlike wildfire, new policies are difficult to move uphill, but prescribed burning is worth the push.

Federal lands are critical to the economic health of the west, and the damaging overreach of the executive branch needs to be stopped to pro

This is a joint MSPC op-ed with U.S. Senator Jim Risch (Idaho).

A standoff in the American west is occurring between two iconic symbols - ranchers and the Greater sage grouse.

Removing the Snake River dams would literally require an act of Congress. Such approval is highly unlikely.

Like murky water, it’s hard to see through the current Idaho water fight. As farmers watched the above average snowpack accumulate all...

Conservation leases need to be proposed legislatively, to keep this valuable policy tool unhindered by judicial proceedings.

Intermittent sources of energy, like wind and solar, create their own risks that need to be hedged.

Thanks to the perseverance of a Northern Idaho couple, the Clean Water Act (CWA), is less polluted by bureaucratic expansion.

In a season when farmers and ranchers expect to begin spring groundwork and planting, projects seem slow to start. The 2022-2023 winter...

We are about a month into the official start of winter. Thirty days ago, the snow pack for the mountain states was looking positive. That...

Call it the opposite approach. As some states (California and Washington, for example) move to ban the sale of gas-powered vehicles in...

In an era of electrification and increased power demand, it makes no sense to remove a clean, renewable source. So far, sanity is...

Federal land is defined as land that is owned by the United States federal government. The Property Clause in Article 4 Section 3 of the...

We have seen dire warnings from many activists and some politicians across the region regarding climate change and the future of our...

What bodies of water does the federal government have authority over? Defining Waters of the United States (WOTUS) is the long-standing...