March 16, 2017 Minnesota ‘Buffers Act’ will take thousands of productive acres from rural landowners When enforcement of the ‘Buffers Act’ begins in a few months, all productive economic activity within the buffer zones will be prohibited. Not only…
February 28, 2017 Utah House passes first of its kind ‘livestock harassment’ bill …some youths were using vehicles to frighten and chase down baby cows. According to Chew, “The kids were laughing while chasing the calves and running them over, and they…
February 26, 2017 California county may owe dairy farmers $48 million for taking of private land San Bernardino County could pay $48 million for the property of one of the few remaining Chino dairy farmers after the family complained in…
February 24, 2017 Forest Service to takeover private land in Colorado county where 96% already under federal control “As a county with 96.5% public land (of which 48% is Wilderness or de facto wilderness), three national forests, and BLM land, we have a…
February 22, 2017 Forest Service confiscates private property despite willingness of landowners to negotiate The government’s claim that it, and hence the public, had a right to use the property without purchasing or negotiating with the family for…
February 22, 2017 Endangered Species Act: Poster child for backwards incentives What if those incentives were reversed? What if landowners were paid to create and preserve habitat, or better yet, to raise endangered species as…
January 6, 2017 Feds use environmental law to ramp up war on rural America That’s what happens, for instance, when the EPA threatens landowners with $37,500 per day in fines ($1 mil per month) for actions as innocuous…
January 2, 2017 Endangered Species Act: Conservation or assault on property rights? Fostering landowner resentment and hard feelings towards the government is counterproductive because private landowners are the key to successful endangered species conservation. Nationwide, private…
December 16, 2016 Government run amok: Groundless fed seizure nets thousands of bait fish Maki said that eight to 10 special agents with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service entered his shop that day, asking him repeated questions…
November 25, 2016 Judge caves to Montana enviro group, halts logging operation The trees have gotten so dense that they are crowding out other plant life as well as creating the potential for an explosive crown…
