It does not include Federal lands that are classified as National Parks, Monuments, or Reserves - however, those are not the only Federally owned lands that are used for conservation and recreation purposes. These lands are currently under Federal government land management programs that are mandated to use the land…

There are many important conservation plans that can be impacted by this. It is NOT ONLY National Parks, etc that are important for conservation efforts, these other Federal Lands are ALSO important for conservation, which is why there is such a big uproar.

Well said, and true. Really scary what is happening in this country.

When Rick Scott became Governor of Florida he wanted to turn all the Florida State Parks into golf resorts, complete with fancy hotels, etc. Thank goodness environmentalists caught wind of it while it was in the early stages of garnering support and figuring out which legislators were going to actually introduce the…

Nelson voted against it

They've already sold out their kids.

They put up with her brand of feminism because she wears tight clothing with necklines that plunge a little much sometimes for serious journalism

You make a very good point!

I am glad that you have never had a bad experience with a police officer. Neither have I.

Excellent article.

Yeah.....I bet her family is real proud....

Yeah, so is having your photo taken wearing Blood colors, flashing Crips signs, with a dimply little boy grin on your face.

With all due respect, I don't think it blew up in their face. She did exactly what they expected her to do. These prosecutors have been around a long time and they know more than we do about trying cases.

Not trying to be too nitpicky here, but there is actually a 6th person that was shot, although it was just a bullet in the arm, I think, not life threatening. He was the person who was in the back seat in July 2012. Abreu and Furtado were killed in that incidennt. The man in the back seat apparently got a good look at…

Also I think if you want to pretend you weren't involved by having your homie call your girlfriends phone instead of yours - but - you send your homie a text message from your phone that TELLS him to call your girlfriend's phone AND you type in your girlfriend's phone number too ——- you have to lose points for that.

Heck. I kinda wish you were prosecuting it!

The Casey Anthony jury DID consider lesser charges - all the way down to manslaughter. It was on their jury form along with very explicit instructions as to what had to be proven for each and every possible charge - from Murder 1 down to Manslaughter. They found her "not guilty" on every single one of them, except for…

How can one piece of evidence equal "huge reasonble doubt"? Even if you don't think that he's carrying a gun - there is a mountain of evidence against him. If there was ONLY this one video, this case would have been over weeks ago. I am truly amazed that someone can say, with a straight face, that, based on a…

If you are implying that Hernandez may walk similar to Zimmerman walking, I don't think so.

I think it was a matter of them having completed a large part of the investigation for the Odin Lloyd murder before they found the car that he used in the 2012 double murder. Also, the survivors in the 2012 murder were not from the US, were not football fans, so, although one of them purportedly saw his face, it…