Water war continues despite court “settlement”
Despite an uneasy truce between environmentalists and ranchers, the fight over land use, water pollution and wildlife habitat remains as volatile as ever.
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Stockmen, anti-grazing groups still clash on data trespass laws
A U.S. district court dismissed a lawsuit aiming to strike down Wyoming’s data trespass laws after the Wyoming Legislature revised them to exclude public lands.
No punitive damages against Western Watersheds
A ranchers’ suit claiming an environmental activist trespassed may go to trial, a judge ruled, but without the prospect of imposing punitive damages.
Locked out of public land?
Who can travel and who can shut the gate on publicly mapped and maintained roads that cross private property enroute to public lands?
Judge hears arguments in landmark data trespass case
A judge in a high-profile civil trespass suit that pits ranchers against an environmental activist doesn't expect punitive damages.
