by Editor | Apr 18, 2013 | Agenda 21, Govt Agencies, WA State DOE, Water Issues
Posted on April 18, 2013 Commentary by Pearl Rains Hewett behindmyback.org I AM COLLECTING RAIN WATER (catch as catch can) SO I WILL BE WATERING MY VEGETABLE GARDEN WITH THE RAINWATER I HAVE COLLECTED AND, I SHALL BE WAITING FOR THE WASHINGTON STATE WATER MASTER (to...
by Editor | Apr 18, 2013 | Agenda 21, Citizen Action, Govt Agencies, Growth Management Act (GMA), Property Rights, War on the West
How many government employees does it take to plant a tree? April 17, 2013 by Glen Morgan, Property Rights Director Freedom Foundation, Citizens Action Network blog as posted on The Whatcom Excavator It sounds like an old joke (the answer starts at five and grows...
by Editor | Apr 18, 2013 | Govt Agencies, War on the West
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The federal government has launched a new livestock identification program to help agriculture officials to quickly track livestock in cases of disease. It is the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s second attempt at implementing such a...
by Editor | Apr 18, 2013 | Agenda 21, Govt Agencies, Water Issues
By MITCH LIES, Capital Press SALEM — In a legislative hearing April 16, Oregon farmers and ranchers spoke out against a proposed water right management fee that could cost some farmers as much as $1,000 a year. The new fee is inequitable, they said, unduly...
by Editor | Apr 18, 2013 | Agenda 21, Govt Agencies, Wildlands Project, Wolves
By MITCH LIES, Capital Press SALEM — Wallowa County rancher Rod Childers told lawmakers in a House committee April 16 that ranchers’ patience is wearing thin as wolves continue to kill livestock and cause “irreparable damage” to some ranch...
by Editor | Apr 18, 2013 | Govt Agencies, Wildlands Project, Wolves
By DAN WHEAT, Capital Press Posted April 17, 2013 WENATCHEE, Wash. — The Wenatchee Pack apparently operates closer to a city than any other wolf pack in Washington, a state Fish and Wildlife biologist says. But Wenatchee is unique as “a front range...
