VOL. 35, No. 10 PUBLISHED BY THE WYOMING FARM BUREAU FEDERATION July/August 2018 Supreme Court Win for Wyoming Farmers and Ranchers Appeals Court opinion vindicating the rights of rural Westerners allowed to stand June 25, 2018, DENVER, CO. though they are not tribal members, got it right. At long last this matter is sought Tribe-as-State status under -- The Supreme Court of the United argued the EPA’s order ignores more at an end.” §301(d)(2) of the Clean Air Act, States on June 25, 2018 declined than one hundred years of actions by In December 2008, the Tribes See ‘Supreme Court Win’ page 16 to hear the appeals of two Indian Congress, Wyoming, the Tribes, and tribes to the Tenth Circuit’s De- various rulings by a host of federal cember 2017 opinion rejecting the and state courts. In November 2017, tribes’ claims to jurisdiction over the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1.48 million acres of Wyoming. The Tenth Circuit in Denver, ruled 2-1 Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation, against the EPA. The EPA, perhaps represented by Mountain States Le- recognizing the wisdom of the Tenth gal Foundation, had challenged the Circuit’s decision, declined to sign Environmental Protection Agency’s onto the Tribes’ ill-fated petition to (EPA’s) 2013 decision to grant the the Supreme Court. Northern Arapahoe Tribe and the “We are pleased and gratifi ed Eastern Shoshone Tribe—of the that the Supreme Court declined Wind River Indian Reservation— ju- to review this decision,” said Wil- risdiction over large swaths of state liam Perry Pendley president of and private land, including the town Mountain States Legal Foundation. of Riverton. Farm Bureau members “Judge Tymkovich issued a thought- who live, work, and own property in ful and thorough opinion and took Wyoming Sunrise at Harvest Time. and near Riverton and who would great care to dot every ‘i’ and cross be subject to tribal jurisdiction al- every ‘t’ to ensure the Tenth Circuit Photo by Goshen County Farm Bureau Member Larry Mullock. Legislation Would Provide Ag Haulers Some Relief Reprinted from FBNews porting Livestock Across America with the HOS rules and the ELD re- challenges and concerns caused by June 25, 2018--Recently intro- Safely Act would provide some quirement is the effect on the trans- the HOS and ELD rules. The group duced bills address some of the fi xes for hours of service (HOS) ported animals’ well-being. Drivers is charged with submitting a report unique challenges of transporting regulations and the electronic log- who have to use ELDs would be of its fi ndings to the secretary, who agricultural products and livestock. ging device (ELD) mandate. limited to current hours of service would then use the report as a basis Both the Modernizing Agricultural Farm Bureau and several other rules, which restrict a driver to only for proposing changes to the HOS Transportation Act and the Trans- agricultural groups’ primary concern 14 “on duty” hours, with no more regulations and the ELD mandate. than 11 active driving hours. Once a The measure would also suspend driver hits those maximum hour al- the ELD mandate for commercial lotments, he must stop and rest for motor vehicles hauling livestock, in- 10 consecutive hours, which would sects or perishable agricultural com- be problematic when transporting modities until the secretary proposes livestock and other live animals. regulatory changes. The Modernizing Agricultural The Transporting Livestock Transportation Act (S. 3051) would Across America Safely Act (H.R. require the secretary of transporta- 6079, S. 2938) would modify the tion to establish a working group to HOS requirements for the hauling GRICULTURE identify obstacles to the “safe, hu- of livestock and fi sh in a few ways. A mane, and market-effi cient transport Under the measure, HOS and ELD label Long overdue ESA reform ......................................... Page 2 of livestock, insects, and other per- requirements would be inapplica- WSF Endowment ........................................................ Page 3 ishable agricultural commodities” ble until after a driver travels more YOMING W and develop guidelines and recom- than 300 air-miles from the driver’s Legislative Interim Committee update ..................... Page 3 mend regulatory or legislative ac- source. In addition, the HOS on-du- Candidate Statements .........................Pages 5-10, 13-14, 16 tion to improve the transportation of ty time maximum hour requirement these commodities. would be extended from 11 hours to County news .............................................................. Page 20 The working group would have a minimum of 15 hours and a maxi- to consult various stakeholders and mum of 18 hours of on-duty time. consider certain issues, including See ‘Relief for Ag Haulers’ page 18 Page 2 July/August 2018 The meaning of words in legislation and slogans Farmers and Ranchers Ready By Ken Hamilton, WyFB Executive ness this process, we at the same Vice President time see states like Wyoming spend- for Long Overdue ESA Reform Will Endangered Species Act ing millions of dollars managing the By Zippy Duvall, American Farm ter for the good of our families, busi- reform be coming to a grizzly bears alone. Bureau Federation President nesses, communities and country. country near you? Many When Farm Bureau Farmers and ranchers That’s what makes it even of us in Wyoming have members met in Cody a can’t afford to hang on to more frustrating when our struggled with the im- few years ago, a repre- equipment and practices that federal government holds pacts of the Endangered sentative from the Gov- aren’t working. We econo- on to run-down practices Species Act (ESA). The ernor’s offi ce spoke to mize and fi x our trucks and that stopped working de- current process of del- attendees about a West- tractors until we must re- cades ago—or maybe isting a species which ern Governor’s initiative place them. We adopt new never worked in the fi rst has exceeded its recov- under Governor Mead to technology and farming place. When I think of gov- ery goal, only to have it work towards a bi-parti- techniques that make our ernment regulations that litigated and relisted has Ken Hamilton san ESA reform package businesses more effi cient Zippy Duvall are not only broken-down frustrated folks directly that would be acted on by and environmentally friend- but also hurting America’s impacted by the species. As we wit- See ‘The meaning of words’ page 18 ly. We’re always looking to farm bet- See ‘ESA Reform’ page 19 Calendar of Events 2018 WyFB Annual Meeting July 25 ........Sweetwater County Farm Bureau Ice Cream Social at 5 p.m.—Eden Park New Dates!! August 9 ..........Goshen County Farm Bureau Federation Ag-lympics at 3 p.m. at the Goshen County Fair—Goshen County Fairgrounds 15 ........Laramie County Farm Bureau Annual Meeting at 6 p.m.—Pine Bluffs 15 ........Select Water Committee—Location TBA 21 .........Wyoming Primary Election Day 23-24 ...Natural Resource Funding Legislative Committee Meeting—Laramie 26 ........Johnson County Farm Bureau Annual Picnic at Noon—Watt Cabin on Middle Fork 27-28 ...Joint Legislative Minerals Interim Committee Meeting—Laramie 29 ........Federal Natural Resources Management Committee Meeting—Laramie 30-31 ...Joint Legislative Travel Interim Committee Meeting--Evanston Come join us November 7-9, 2018 September at the Holiday Inn Sheridan. 6 ..........Carbon County Farm Bureau Resolutions Meeting at noon—Wolf Hotel in Saratoga More information to follow; contact your County President 11 .........Converse County Farm Bureau Annual Meeting at 1:30 p.m.—Location TBA 11 .........Johnson County Farm Bureau Resolutions Meeting at 5:30 p.m.—Farm Bureau if you are interested in attending. Insurance Offi ce in Buffalo Come be a part of the Federation process and help us to 18 .........Goshen County Farm Bureau Federation Annual Meeting 18-19....Joint Legislative Corporations Interim Committee Meeting--Thermopolis form the policies which will guide our organization in the 20-21 ...Joint Legislative Judiciary Interim Committee Meeting—Laramie coming year… Hope to see you there! 20-21 ...Joint Legislative Revenue Interim Committee Meeting—Buffalo 24 ........Niobrara County Farm Bureau Annual Meeting at 5:30 p.m.—Niobrara County Fairgrounds in Lusk 26 ........Sweetwater County Farm Bureau Annual Meeting at 6 p.m.—Community Center in Farson 27-28 ...Joint Legislative Agriculture Interim Committee Meeting--Powell 29 ........“Wyoming Needs Agriculture” Event at UW Cowboy Football Game--Laramie Wyoming Agriculture, ISSN 10710272, is the offi cial publication of the Wyoming Farm October Bureau Federation, 931 Boulder Drive, Laramie, WY 82070 and is published monthly, except for combined July/August and December/January issues. $1.00 subscription rate is deducted 1 ..........Niobrara County Farm Bureau Resolutions Meeting from Farm Bureau membership dues. 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