District of Conservation

In Episode 414 of District of Conservation, Gabriella discusses the updated DOI/BLM Western Solar Plan and its six proposals - including one to raze down 22 million public land acres across 11 states - to catalyze utility-scale solar projects. The affected states would be: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. Tune in to learn about this problematic plan.

SHOW NOTES

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Significant Progress to Catalyze Solar Energy Development Throughout the West

2024 Draft Utility-Scale Solar Energy Development PEIS/RMPA

Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Utility-Scale Solar Energy Development

 The Dark Side of Solar Power

The Advantages and Disadvantages of Solar Energy

Utility-Scale Solar vs. Distributed Solar: Advantages and Disadvantages (Part 2)

BHA OPPOSES SOLAR DEVELOPMENT IN PRIORITY HABITAT, MIGRATION CORRIDORS, AND POPULAR PUBLIC LAND HUNTING GROUNDS

BLM PLANS SOLAR PROJECTS ON WESTERN PUBLIC LANDS

Solar Energy Development Environmental Considerations

In Episode 413 of District of Conservation, Gabriella recaps her recent to Safari Club International's annual convention, now held in Nashville, Tennessee, and what she observed there. Listeners will hear some snippets from Henry and Lakeisha Woodard, House Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-AR), and former USFWS Director Aurelia Skipwith Giacometto.

SHOW NOTES

Safari Club International

Women Go Hunting

Barstool Outdoors

Pursue the Wild | Wild and Uncut

House Natural Resources Committee

Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation

Hunt the Vote

New LDEQ Secretary Aurelia Giacometto Announces Vision for Agency

In Episode 412 of District of Conservation, Gabriella welcomes back Travis Thompson— a Florida conservationist involved in Duck Ranchin, All Florida, and efforts to protect the Sunshine State's right to hunt and fish this fall. Tune in to learn more!

SHOW NOTES

Connect with Travis Thompson

Duck Ranchin

Cast and Blast Florida Podcast

Get Involved with All Florida

Florida Amendment 2, Right to Hunt and Fish Amendment (2024)

In Episode 411 of District of Conservation, Gabriella discusses the revelation that Taylor Swift reportedly bought carbon offsets ahead of her Era Tour last year. Carbon offsets, however, have come under scrutiny by both the Right and the Left. Tune in to learn more.

Just Plane Wrong: Celebs with the Worst Private Jet Co2 Emissions

New Yorker: The Great Cash-for-Carbon Hustle

In Episode 410 of District of Conservation, Gabriella has a roundup of the latest in energy and conservation news. She discusses the SEC rule to list natural asset companies in the NYSE being pulled by the latter, SCOTUS hearing challenges to the Chevron Doctrine, and Washington State legislature hearing a bill to enshrine the right to hunt and fish this afternoon. Tune in to learn more!

SHOW NOTES

EP 409: Fighting ESG & Natural Asset Companies ft. Treasurer Marlo Oaks

SEC Accepted Request To Remove Controversial Natural Asset Companies Listing Rule

SCOTUS Hears Two Challenges To Chevron Doctrine

Washington State Bill Wants to Enshrine Fishing, Hunting Into Constitution

In Episode 409 of District of Conservation, Gabriella interviews Utah Treasurer Marlo Oaks. Treasurer Oaks was first appointed to the position in July 2021 and then elected in November 2022. He and 21 other state financial officers forced the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to reopen its proposed rule to list Natural Asset Companies - envisioned as a new Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investment - on the New York Stock Exchange. Treasurer Oaks discusses why he jumped into the fight against ESG, why ESG isn't market-oriented, how natural asset companies pose a threat to financial markets, property rights, and lands access, and much more.

SHOW NOTES

Treasurer Oaks Biography

States Financial Officers Foundation

Natural Asset Companies | UT Treasurer Website

American Stewards of Liberty NAC Resource Page

Submit comments opposing the SEC's NAC rule

NAC | NYSE

SEC Souring on ESG, Yet Promulgating Natural Asset Companies

Rep. Hageman: Natural Asset Companies Proposed Rule Threatens Property Rights

Senate Letter Opposing NACs

AG Reyes, 24 AGs Write SEC to Oppose “Natural Asset Companies” on the Exchange

RV Travel: BLM, SEC maneuvering to sell off public lands; future of camping could be significantly impacted

Natural Resources Committee: Members Initiate Probe Into SEC's Rule Change Permitting Foreign Agents and Radical Activists to Control America's National Parks and Lands

In Episode 408 of District of Conservation, Gabriella sits down with her friend Aaron Schmaus, serial outdoor entrepreneur and host of the Primitive Republic Podcast. He discusses his time in the Air Force, real estate investing, the problem with the Disney-fication of apex predators, being an extra on the hit Paramount TV show Yellowstone, and more.

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Follow Aaron on social media

Subscribe to The Primitive Republic Podcast

In Episode 407 of District of Conservation, Gabriella kicks off 2024 with a must-listen episode on what is likely Biden's next national monument designation: Mimbres Peaks in Luna County, NM. Gabriella brings on Rep. Jenifer Jones, who represents would-be affected district, and Lori Coleman, a local miner, whose company would be adversely impacted by the designation should it proceed. The ladies discuss the implications, if any antiquities are being protected, and how even sportsmen's access for hunting would even be affected. Tune in to learn more.

SHOW NOTES

Mimbres Peaks national monument announcement draws opponents

Meeting held to discuss proposed Mimbres Peaks National Monument

Proposal to name Florida Mountains as national monument faces backlash

Spanish Stirrup Rock Shop, LLC

Luna County mountains could become a national monument. But how would it affect ranchers?

NM Farm Bureau Action Center to Oppose Mimbres

Change.org: Stop the Implementation of National Monument Status in Our Area

In Episode 406 of District of Conservation, Gabriella discusses a federal court victory handed to the Osage Nation after a wind company violated their sovereignty by constructing 84 wind turbines. This is the biggest blow dealt to onshore wind yet. Tune in to learn more.

SHOW NOTES

Federal judge orders removal of wind turbines from Osage Mineral Estate

Robert Bryce: Federal Judge Sides With Osage Nation, Orders Removal Of 84 Wind Turbines

Renewable Rejection Database

In Episode 405 of District of Conservation, Gabriella discusses the state of the Endangered Species Act a half century in operation and laments the closure of the Orvis Arlington, Virginia, fly shop. Tune in to learn more.

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IWF Blog on ESA at 50

OSU: Most Americans support Endangered Species Act despite increasing efforts to curtail it

PERC: A Field Guide for Wildlife Recovery

PERC: Missing the Mark - How the Endangered Species Act Falls Short of Its Own Recovery Goals

New WCF ESA at 50 Report
Western Caucus Foundation ESA at 50 Report