Lawsuit Threatens Ranching Families and Century-Old Cattle Drive
MSLF filed a motion to intervene in federal court in order to defend the rights of American ranchers to access federal land as they have for generations.
Access to Federal Land
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MSLF Client Dies, Still Waiting for Justice
Sidney Longwell, an entrepreneur in the finest tradition of the American Frontier, passed away after 38 years of waiting for justice in his lawsuit against the federal government.
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New Case Alert: Environmental Extremists Bully Feds to End Gila River Grazing
Radical environmentalists are suing the federal agencies that manage grazing and are threatening the very future of southwestern ranching.
Oregon Ranching Family Under Fire
Ranching as we know it in the American West is at risk. Following decades of criticisms, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is revising its regulations concerning livestock grazing on federal lands. However, one vital reform should be given greater attention — grazing preferences.
Standing Up for Southwestern Ranchers
Tom Paterson of Spur Ranch Cattle Company is one of many southwestern ranchers now endangered by environmentalist litigation trying to end grazing on federally managed lands in Arizona and New Mexico. MSLF is determined to protect them.
Southwestern Ranchers Seek to Intervene in Lawsuit Threatening Their Grazing Lands
For Immediate Release: March 23, 2020 Denver, CO – To say that Tom Paterson is a good rancher would be an understatement. His Spur Ranch Cattle Company has been recognized multiple times for its exemplary…
Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Junk Science Threatens Southwestern Ranchers
Tom Paterson’s Spur Ranch Cattle Company is an excellent steward of public grazing lands in New Mexico. But he and dozens of other ranchers are at risk of being put out of business by radical environmentalists and their junk science.
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Ranchers Fight to Survive
Here in the American West, it is vital for families who make a living raising livestock to be able to pass on their legacy. With every drop of sweat that you pour into the land, you earn the right to pass on that land. Until the government takes it away like they did to the Corrigans.
Trump’s Much-Needed Environmental Reforms
MSLF attorney Ron Opsahl published an article today in the Washington Examiner about the President’s much needed environmental reforms. Radical environmental groups are apoplectic and have begun issuing doomsday predictions about the consequences of his proposal.
Conservation or Confiscation? Get your tickets for our February Event in Vegas
Join us in Las Vegas Feb. 6, to hear a panel discussion about the thorny issue of federal land management in states like Nevada. There is also a dinner option with nationally-recognized electoral college expert Tara Ross. Tickets are on sale now!