November 7, 2020 Trump Admin regulatory changes would end ESA landgrabs In 2011, FWS designated over 1,500 acres of land as critical habitat for the dusky gopher frog. Despite this designation, the dusky gopher frog…
January 20, 2019 Michigan township tells homeowners they don’t own the trees on their property The township of Canton, Michigan makes it a crime to remove any “tree” (defined as anything with a three-inch wooded stem) without a permit….
March 9, 2018 Minnesota land owner responds to state’s taking of his property “We feel the DNR led the Court down a deceptive road with their theory on why they claim this watercourse was natural and always…
October 29, 2017 Enviros use regulations to criminalize ordinary agricultural activities Sometimes those mistakes may be embarrassing, like when EPA threatened Andy Johnson and his family with $20 million in fines based on an errant…
June 25, 2017 SCOTUS rules landowners have no recourse when government regs undermine property values “Put simply, today’s decision knocks the definition of ‘private property’ loose from its foundation on stable state law rules,” Roberts wrote. The ruling “compromises…
January 4, 2017 Court rules federal taking of irrigation waters for endangered fish illegal The districts and farmers, represented by the D.C.-based Marzulla Law firm, contend the government owes compensation, under the Fifth Amendment, for the temporary cessation…
September 29, 2016 Garfield County Utah: The case for restoring locally-sourced government Just 9 years following President Clinton’s secretive executive taking of nearly 2 million acres in central Utah, Garfield County Commissioner Maloy Dodds testified in front of…
