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Sep 1, 2018

State Auditor John Dougall and Sasha Clark talk with Holly Fretwell, Research Fellow at PERC. Fretwell discusses the use of public lands and the regulations restricting the ability for conservationists to lease federal land. Fretwell discusses how a market approach to federal land can reduce the contentious process of leveraging federal land to the wishes of certain groups, whether ranchers or conservationists.

 

Dougall and Clark then talk with Casey Snider, Republican nominee for House District 5. Snider reports from the front lines of the Avon fire in Liberty, UT. Snider discusses the life of a wildland fire fighter and insights into better forest and fire management.

 

Dougall and Clark then learn from Box Elder County Commissioner Stan Summers the latest news regarding the possibility of moving part of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to Ogden.