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Wilderness Corridors: Agenda 21 Under A New Name

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The author of this newsletter firmly believes her readers understand the Wildlands Project, and likely are not too concerned if its name has been changed. This article is being included for three different reasons.

First, the article leads with a very good explanation of why, even if Bambi had a massive amount of land on which to roam, the country folks still must be relocated to town.

Second, the article goes on to provide evidence that in 1998 a state government agency tried to get a local government to close its own roads to force its own citizen’s into town.”

The third reason the article is valuable because it ends with,

 “So if you live in a rural area, pay attention to some of the policies that are being carried out by local government agencies. You should be especially suspicious of anything that is done in the name of environmentalism.”

To read this article, please click on this link.

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Court Blocks EPA’s Water Rule

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The EPA is pushing a new rule called the Waters of the United States which would expand the definition of a navigable water to include almost any water feature on a property including ditches that are dry the vast majority of the year. If this rule goes into effect the federal government has in effect nationalized/taken control of all water in the United State (and in many cases the land that borders the water).

These waters are usually under the jurisdiction of the states. No surprise that various groupings of states challenged the EPA in court. The first of the articles on this subject discusses the only lawsuit that successfully put a stop to the implementation of the rule, at least until further studies are conducted. To read more about which group of states was successful, click on this link.

The second article discusses whether the states that were unsuccessful in their challenge of the Waters of the United States rule, will be protected from, or obligated to abide by, the rule. To learn more click on this link.

 

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House property rights caucus to target abuse of landowners (finally)

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I do not know whether to call this good news or not. Representative Tom Reed (R-NY) has established the U.S. House Private Property Rights Caucus. It is great to know that there is finally an awareness in Washington D.C. that property rights are being abused across America, and that a coalition is being created to address it, but what a shame this is so very necessary to prevent America from becoming a society where private property is reserved only for the truly wealthy and well connected. To learn more about the caucus effort, please click on this link.

Also, please consider calling Representative Tom Reed at 202-225-3161 to thank him for his efforts.

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Virginia land trust’s transgressions draw legal, legislative scrutiny-Mary Boneta’s on-going fight

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Mary Boneta has been fighting the conservation easement placed on her 64 acre Virginia farm by the powerful PEC (Piedmont Environmental Council) since the day she bought her land in 2006. It has been a long fight-much like David and Goliath-but the tide in the last year or so has turned in her favor. To read an update on her inspiring story follow this link.

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Obama To Lock Up ANWR’s Oil

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Every land grab by the federal government is a threat to state sovereignty and property rights. Late January 2015 President Obama signaled his latest land grab. To learn more about the effort by the feds to lock down the 1.5 million acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge along with all the natural gas, oil, and minerals underground, click on this link.

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Congress’s Sneaky Tactic to Grab More U.S. Land for the Government

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The 2014 mid-term elections are over and the lame duck session is doing what it does best-inserting pork into large must-have legislation. In this instance the pork is the possibility of designating 250,000 additional acres of wilderness, four new national parks and seven national park studies that could lead to more future park designations.  Like having 640 million acres of land in federal control is not enough already? To learn more click on this link.

 

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Stealing from the Poor to Give to the Rich: An Anti-Robin Hood Story

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Maybe there is nothing wrong with a country where no one owns property. After all, the socialists and communists believe that if no one owned private property we would all exist on a level playing field. That sounds fair, doesn’t it? Watch this three minute video to learn the fallacy of this kind of thinking by clicking on this link.

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Leaked Memo Uncovers Obama Administration Land Grab

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Those of us who understand the Wildlands Project (see Lesson 3) know that the federal government has been removing land from private ownership for a very long time. To learn how in 2010 Senator Jim DeMint tried to blow the whistle on this kind of activity by leaking a secret document about a planned 10 million acre Western land grab by the Obama administration click on this link.

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The Next Step for the Sacketts

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In Idaho in 2005 Mike and Chantell Sackett purchased a lot on which to build a house. The EPA without any testing and using an extremely broad definition of “navigable waters” declared the lot a wetland. Further the Sacketts were given no right of appeal and were promptly assessed a fine of $75,000 a day for non compliance with the EPA’s instructions. The Sacketts hung tough. To see how the Sacketts fought back, click on this link.

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Eminent Domain: Andy & Ceil Barrie Finds Out Their Land is Theirs, But Only Until the Government Wants it

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A recent high profile land grab occurred in Summit County, Colorado where Andy and Ceil Barrie owned 10 acres of land surrounded by the White River National Forest. Their story is a property owner’s nightmare. The full force of corrupt local government was used against the Barrie’s. It is likely that the local government was clueless that the actions they took against the Barries advanced Agenda 21, as few local governments know of, or believe in, Agenda 21. Intentional or not, clueless local politicians do terrible harm to private property rights. To see the outcome of Barrie’s fight, click on this link.

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