Read the latest news from the Montana Farm Bureau Federation on land use and wildlife management:
August 23rd, 2012: MFBF Submits Comments on Year-Round Bison Habitat
Today, August 23, 2012, Montana Farm Bureau Federation has submitted comments to the Montana Department of Livestock on proposed year-round bison habitat. Click here to download a copy of the MFBF Comments Continue reading . . .
August 23rd, 2012: Montana Farm Bureau pleased final bison trial phase set for Nov. 5
The Montana Farm Bureau Federation is pleased with the progress made to date on the Yellowstone Bison trial taking place in Park County. In a conference call this morning, Hertha Lund, attorney for MFBF, noted three-quarters of the testimony for the trial has been completed, with the final phase scheduled in Park County Nov. 5. [...] Continue reading . . .
May 11th, 2012: MFBF says government agencies may be in violation of law if bison hazing halted
The state’s largest agricultural organization, the Montana Farm Bureau, says the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Forest Service and National Park Service may risk violating the Interagency Bison Management Plan (IBMP) if helicopter hazing of buffalo is halted. A group, the Alliance of the Wild Rockies, has [...] Continue reading . . .
May 2nd, 2012: NORTH DAKOTA AND MONTANA: A TALE OF TWO ENERGY STATES
By William Perry Pendley, President and Chief Operating Officer, Mountain States Legal Foundation In response to President Obama’s claims regarding his role in the dramatic increase in oil and gas production across the country, experts, such as the Institute for Energy Research, demonstrate that leasing of federal lands let alone the production from them has [...] Continue reading . . .
October 18th, 2011: MFBF Comments on Bison Translocation
October 17, 2011 MFBF’s President, Bob Hanson, submitted comments today on the Draft Environmental Assessment for Interim Translocation of bison to the Montana Department of Fish Wildlife & Parks. Among the points maid by Hanson include the fact that Environmental Assessment does not fulfill the requirements of Senate Bill No. 212, enacted by the 2011 [...] Continue reading . . .
September 30th, 2011: MFBF Submits Comments on State Lands Grazing
MFBF has submitted formal comments on proposed increases in the rental rate for state grazing leases. Among other points forwarded to the Montana Department of Natural Resources is that a study being used to promote the increases, which was commissioned by the Land Board, did not adequately account for variances in the value of state [...] Continue reading . . .
August 26th, 2011: MFBF applauds court denial of emergency injunction to stop wolf hunts
The Montana Farm Bureau applauds yesterday’s decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals denying a request by activist groups for an emergency injunction to halt wolf hunts scheduled to start next week in Montana. “This shows that common sense is prevailing in our court system,” notes MFBF President Bob Hanson. “Under guidance of the [...] Continue reading . . .
May 24th, 2011: MFBF intervenes again in wolf delisting case
The Montana Farm Bureau Federation (MFBF) has filed a motion to intervene in another case in which Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Defenders of Wildlife and other environmental activists are suing the federal government to stop wolf delisting. Farm Bureau members have substantial constitutionally protected economic and property interests that may be materially affected by [...] Continue reading . . .
May 23rd, 2011: MFBF files for intervention in Park County bison lawsuit
The Montana Farm Bureau Federation (MFBF) has filed to intervene in a lawsuit on bison mismanagement in Park County. The lawsuit, Park County v. the State of Montana, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks and the Montana Department of Livestock, centers around the Adaptive Management Plan (AMP) that is part of the Interagency Bison Management Plan [...] Continue reading . . .
May 23rd, 2011: WHO FUNDS CITIZEN SUITS?
Source: Feedstuffs Many of the legal fees incurred by activist groups that file court cases against federal agencies apparently are paid by the American taxpayer. Decisions — or settlement agreements — in those cases have had profound effects on implementation of the Clean Water Act, the Endangered Species Act and other public policies. Those lawsuits [...] Continue reading . . .