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Earlier this year, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a case challenging the right of the public to "corner cross" between parcels of public land—a feature common across the West. By not taking up the case, justices let stand an appeals court ruling that made it clear corner crossing is legal—at least in the six states covered by the 10th Circuit.
The latest episode of the 99% Invisible podcast tells the story of the hunters who got arrested by a Wyoming sheriff, then sued by a pharmaceutical executive who claimed that allowing the public to access public lands adjacent to his ranch would cause him millions of dollars in damages.
In the wake of the 10th Circuit decision, the mapping company OnX laid out the implications for hunters, anglers and other users of public lands.
With no one in charge, BLM shuffles the deck chairs
Even though the Bureau of Land Management has been operating without a Senate-confirmed director for nearly a year, the Interior department reassigned senior staff across the agency this week. E&E News's Scott Streater obtained a recording of the call announcing the changes, which include relocating the assistant director who oversees the management of national conservation lands and national monuments. As part of the reshuffling, BLM will temporarily install new state directors in Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, and the Oregon-Washington office.
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It's just the worst-case scenario. People appreciate the animals, but the bigger story of the ecosystem decline and what’s gone along with it needs to be told more clearly.”
