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Green Policies Need Water
by Angel CushingOriginally written for Women Involved in Farm Economics – WIFE The 30×30 Land Grab was fully funded in the Inflation Reduction Act passed by the 117th Congress. Every federal department is now tasked with implementation. None of these departments are consulting with property owners or citizens. There have been no notices in the newspapers, no…
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State Legislation Templates
30 x 30 Resolution Template — Resolution authored by Montana A Resolution against 30×30 is cheap, easy, testimony in the court of law on behalf of any individual or organization fighting to prevent the acquisition of more federal lands or the closer of federal lands within the state boundaries. A 30×30 Resolution is a clear…
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S.1942
Became law on December 22, 2022
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Hazards of Historic Designation
by Norman L. Kincaide, Ph.D. The perceived prestige of historic designation for inclusion in the National Register for Historic Places may not be worth the effort, for once a property is so designated it falls under the National Historic Preservation Act and specifically Section 106. This means that a private land owner’s property falls under…
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Update with Roger McEowen
Professor of Agricultural Law and Taxation at Washburn University, quickly explains the foundation of land use policy in the United States and provides an update on recent Supreme Court decisions and their implications. Prior to this meeting, Professor McEowen did send a link to an article written in 2020. The article has an excellent overview…
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Stop 30 X 30 Summit, Lincoln, Nebraska
Colorado Land, Water and Food Alliance Report byNorman L. Kincaide Ph.D. To capture the essence of the Stop 30X30 Summit in economy of words isimpossible. What follows are my major take-aways. The essence of 30X30 is the federal government wants to con property owners into voluntarily giving up their property rights to achieve an arbitrary…
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Canyons & Plains National Heritage Area, The Rest of the Story
by Norman L. Kincaide Ph.D. A brief summary of the Canyons & Plains National Heritage Area Initiative that was defeated in 2014, published in the Rocky Ford Daily Gazette, October 7, 2014. In the interest of informing the public about the Southeast Colorado National Heritage Area (NHA) proposal, Southeast Colorado Private Property Rights Council made…
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Perpetual Conservation Easements
The picture below is a screenshot of an interactive map of Conservation Easements. You can see that map here:https://www.conservationeasement.us/interactivemap/ There are two main areas of federal focus on Perpetual Conservation Easements.Around Federal lands such as national parks, military installations etc.And along navigable rivers. There are different types of Conservation Easements. You can learn about them…