August 31, 2019 EPA using Clean Water Act to halt beneficial private conservation projects in Pacific Northwest The EPA has defined Curtis’ creek as “navigable waters,” which would put it under federal government control. If the EPA takes control of Curtis’…
February 16, 2019 WOTUS revisions take some burden off agriculture “…This proposed rule would also clarify that cropland that is left idle or fallow for conservation or agricultural purposes for any period of time…
February 10, 2019 Speak your Mind: WOTUS comment period open “For the first time, we are clearly defining the difference between federally protected waterways and state protected waterways. Our simpler and clearer definition would…
January 10, 2019 Trump Admin asks Supreme Court to determine if groundwater is federally-regulated The Justice Department yesterday recommended the high court decide whether the landmark environmental law applies to pollution that travels through groundwater before reaching federally…
March 5, 2018 ‘Commenced conversion’ a regulatory conspiracy against American farmers This article is intended to provide an historical account of these actions and their impacts for the purpose of vindicating the many small and…
February 18, 2018 Vietnam vet Joe Robertson hangs in legal limbo while ‘clean water’ appeal drags on Now the 9th Circuit has ordered that Joe Robertson’s pending motion for rehearing should be postponed until the Supreme Court releases its decision in Hughes. (Joe has already…
February 12, 2018 ‘Wetlands’ regulations overhaul needed to protect croplands, private property rights New information discovered from the legal battle against farmer Robert Brace reveals that his plight has been part of a broader, decades-long crusade led…
October 2, 2017 Will Trump dump pernicious Obama-era EPA regs? Mr. Duarte also has a nursery business near Modesto and employs 600 people every year. He has already paid over $2 million in legal…
September 7, 2017 Joe Robertson, elderly Vietnam vet convicted for ‘EPA crimes’ released from prison Robertson was released into his own custody to enter into a halfway house in Butte, Montana, with plans to later be admitted to the…
June 19, 2017 Trump team works to restore agricultural sectors, revitalize rural America “While much of the country has recovered from the recent recession, large areas of rural America have not fared as well. Nationally, 85 percent…
