The GOP is crying the Parliamentarian blocked SRS payments to counties www.fs.usda.gov/working-with.... But Senator Wyden secured payments easily when Dems were in charge home.treasury.gov/policy-issue.... If SRS is really bipartisan, the GOP needs to work in good faith toward a permanent fix.

Timber mandates in OBBBA don't include revenue sharing for public land counties & SRS funding was stripped by the Senate. OBBBA extracts revenue from rural counties to pay for tax cuts. Long-term contracts disadvantage small contractors and limit competition. Left behind places left behind again.

Trump's disregard for rural counties on full display in his proposed budget. Zeros out Secure Rural Schools without any viable alternative. That's a $26 million hit to CA counties w/ no plan. Congress, what you got? www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u... Figure: 25% Fund and SRS in CA 1986-2024

Tonight, the U.S. House will vote on whether to sell off 500,000 acres of public land. Tune in at 2PM today for my AMA on the future of America's public lands. We'll talk policy and (maybe) wonk out on econ. and fiscal topics. Submit a question: www.reddit.com/r/environmen...

The U.S. Forest Service made nearly five times as much money from recreation on public lands in CA compared to timber sales last year. To make more money, the GOP is firing staff, closing offices, and mandating timber sales. Actions that wound the golden goose.

The hits keep coming: Republicans are quietly preparing to sell off public lands – owned by the taxpayers – to pay for their tax breaks for billionaires.

Is Doug Bergum Aesop's Miser with his Gold? Bergum values public lands as assets on the nation's balance sheet. If DOI fails to care for them--by firing essential staff & slashing budgets--they'll be worthless in the end. Is this really what we're doing here? insideclimatenews.org/news/0204202...

If we're really selling public lands--and let's still have that debate--the proceeds must be used to purchase public land somewhere else for recreation/conservation. Liquidating the nation's endowment for today's ephemeral political agendas is a non-starter. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-...

Tune in to hear about New Mexico's new econ. strategy Wed. 1pm Mountain. I know, not what stirs the soul. But, for a resource rich state working to escape the resource curse, this is great stuff! www.americanprogress.org/article/reso... edd.newmexico.gov/state-plan/

If Trump is doing anything, he's hastening coal's decline by favoring natural gas. Ending the Interagency Working Group on Coal and Power Plant Communities leaves these workers behind. Killing the IWG doesn't save money, it costs us as a nation. wyofile.com/kemmerer-coa...

WLN will host a virtual briefing on March 6 on defending federal climate investments and environmental protections. We will be joined by speakers from Center for American Progress, Lawyers for Good Government, and Environmental Protection Network. Register today: www.westernleaders.org/virtualevents

What will become of rural America's recreation economy? I'll be at NACo's BRECC capstone with county teams from across the US sharing economic diversification plans. As an advisor, my role in helping teams find funding, partnerships, revenue, and ideas to pursue those plans.

Trump wants a sovereign wealth fund, though no formal proposal exists yet. Here’s one: As the U.S. taps more oil, we should replace that extracted value in an American Energy Legacy Fund to build intergeneration wealth for Americans. www.reuters.com/markets/weal...

There is an easy fix here, folks. Adopt Wyden and Crapo's permanent fund to pay for SRS. It's revenue neutral for taxpayers and gives counties and schools the certainty they are asking for. Problem: dailyyonder.com/u-s-house-fa... Solution: www.americanprogress.org/article/prot...

Historic. Comprehensive. Correct. Montana Supreme Court upholds lower court ruling in Held vs. Montana. Montana has a constitutional obligation to consider the climate impacts of its decisions on the state's children. dailymontanan.com/2024/12/18/m...

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