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Thoughts for the day:
It is irresponsible for [The Department of the Interior]
to keep buying more land. We already own one out of every five acres in
the country. Before the government buys more land, it must learn to take
care of what it already controls.
-Secretary
Gale A. Norton, U.S. Department of the Interior
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"After working with this law (the Endangered
Species Act) during my 22 years in Congress, I've concluded it's the most
powerful law in the land. It can be used to thwart everything from the
training of our fighter pilots to the farmer's simple desire to plant
a crop in his field so he can feed his family."
House Resources Committee Chairman James
V. Hansen discussing a bill to restore the original intent of the ESA
[Endangered Species Act]
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"There is a deliberate and quite outspoken
attack on the whole idea of people owning private property. Mr. William
Reiley, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, has said publicly
on a number of occasions that he does not believe that people should have
the right to own private property. To use his words, "The ownership
of private property is a quaint anachronism." He has called for a
repeal of the fifth amendment as it affects the right of private property.
There are two laws that have been passed by the Congress that are being
used to take property away from people. one is the Endangered Species
Act, and the other one happens to be the Clean Water Act. The Clean Water
Act has a section, 404, which allows the Corps of Engineers to regulate
the water that is navigable. By a series of very twisted definitions,
the Corps has adopted the idea, which the Fish and Wildlife and EPA are
also following, that any body of water, or any moist land, anything that
they can call "wetland" constitutes navigable water."
-Dixie Lee Ray, scientist, recipient of the United Nations Peace Prize
- 1992
"According to a recent study by the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, simply limiting 'unreasonable'
jury awards could cut health care costs by five to nine percent, saving
$70 - $126 billion each year and allowing an additional 2.4 - 4.3 million
Americans to obtain medical insurance." - May 6, 2003 press release
of Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse, as cited by sickoflawsuits.org
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July 31, 2003
The Power to Tax
is the Power to Destroy - U.N. looks at taxing gun purchases by individuals
by Larry Pratt
for News with Views
Sorry, No Global Warming
Catastrophe Looming - LMNS
Nation's Leading Global
Warming Experts Unveil New Findings on Climate Change - Groundbreaking
new research shows political influence at EPA
- The Independent Institute
Klamath
Irrigators Win Appeal
- - Judicial opinion reverses expanded rights of Tribes -
LMNS
Federal Judge
Finds EPA in Comtempt -
LMNS
July 30, 2003
Chinook have another
good run - Experts credit good conditions in ocean for 15-fold boost
in salmon for last 2 years - Spokesman-Review
Government to Offer
Amtrak Reform Plan -AP
Range revival
- South Dakota, other states recruit dairy farmers from Europe
- The Missoulian
The Nature Conservancy
Purchases 417 Acres of 'Vital' Grasslands in San Diego County- Wildlife
Corridor and Habitat for Rare and Endangered Species Now 'Protected'
-TNC release
Homelessness
growing on the Eastside -King 5 News
More than 100 debate
salamander protections - Developers, environmentalists make cases at
U.S. Fish and Wildlife meeting -Press
Democrat
People are still moving
here, but we're having fewer children - The slowing growth might allow
for improved planning, an environmental group says -
Bremerton Sun
July 29, 2003
Enviro groups contend
forest rules contradict Montana judge's order -
The Missoulian
New conservation
program may debut soon - Soil conservation boss says `green' management
system faces uncertain funding -
Spokesman-Review
Logging OK'd in badly
damaged forest - Judge Lodge says Forest Service has done proper analysis
in Iron Honey sale; environmental groups plan to appeal -Spokesman-Review
US Launches Initiative
to Combat Global Problem of Illegal Logging -
Voice of America
ID Tags Make Products
'Talk' - Atlanta Journal-Constitution
How your federal representatives
are voting - July 29, 2003
A Wildlife
Corridor, Green but Imperiled -
NY Times
July 28, 2003
Farming for answers:
'Resource land' decision worries landowners - Many say zoning, environmental
and tax laws are forcing them off their land - The
Columbian
Habitat proposals raising
a furor -Tacoma
News Tribune
Washington State: Public
can comment on shoreline rules - Longview Daily News
Inhofe Challenges Colleagues
to Understand Basic Facts About Climate Change Debate -NCPPR
This Year's Chinook
Run Belies Worries Over Fish's Future -
Yakima-Herald Republic
Iron Curtain green belt
backed by Gorbachev-
NY Times
Coeur Announces Major
Memorandum of Understanding for Kensington Mine Permitting Signed By
State and Federal Agencies -
Yahoo News
Illinois Democratic
Governor Rod Blagojevich wants Illinois to become the first 'gun free'
state in the Union/Republic - Bill would require that individuals surrender
their firearms or be charged with a felony -
alert from NRA
July 27, 2003
Homeowner Boards
Blur Line of Who Rules Roost -
NY Times
State Think Tank
Recommends Innovative Ways to Balance State Budget -
WA Policy Center
Bush expected to visit
Seattle in August -King 5 News
Violent Attack Along
Local Trail Rattles Eastside Neighborhood - A woman was gardening when
a jogger came off the East Lake Sammamish Trail, down her driveway,
and shoved her -
KOMO News
Assisted living residents
seek new homes - Forced
to move because judge refused to extend compliance time for facility
- King 5 News
Out with the bath water
By Beverly Pelfrey,
RN NewsWithViews.com
The Wrong Way to
Restore Salmon - Few Results at $400 per fish -
CFME
Michael Savage to run
for California governor? Radio talk-show host, best-selling author considering
independent bid in October -
WND
The Wal-Mart Way
Becomes Topic A in Business Schools -
NY Times
Helicopter pilot
killed fighting Wash. wildfire -King 5 News
"Neo-Conned"
- speech by Congressman Ron Paul Addresses the U.S. House of Representatives
July 26, 2003
EPA to Reconsider Relaxed
Clean-Air Rules -
AP
Congress Considers
More Wind-Power Rules- AP
Activists ignore
history's cycles of warming, cooling -
Seattle Times
EPA Held in Contempt
By Judge -Seattle Times
Wild fish slighted
in recent recovery assessment, says enviro group -Spokesman-Review
Forest Service
establishes new timber sale rules -
The Missoulian
Cowboy conservationists
race to preserve ranches - Desire to prevent suburban sprawl inspires
trust that buys rangeland rights -
Mercury News
Class Action Shakedown
- Trial lawyers continue to exploit the American legal system. Will
Congress finally stop the abuse? -CSE
A New Charge Against
Fraud and Waste - Budget Committee Chairman Jim Nussle looks at the
dark underbelly of all this new government spending -
CSE
State cutbacks
threaten federal funding -
Spokesman-Review
July 25, 2003
Man shoots two cougars
that stalked him in Kettle Falls; Wildlife officers kill cougar in Vancouver
- AP
Grandma’s House reaches
out to children -
The Chronicle
Morrison reports on
Freedom 21 Conference -
The Illinois Leader
Creativity counts
as states plug budget gaps -Seattle
Times
Costs for birds could
soar - A huge flock of cormorants already is raising the price of painting
the bridge, and higher costs could be added to the bill -
Bremerton Sun
Official makes
noise over whisper -Tri-City
Herald
The
Klamath Basin Water Battle: Check for Updates Here
Ten Commandments tablet
sparks lawsuit -
Seattle P-I
Senate panel OKs Wild
Sky bill - Oppenents say measure doesn't have local support, is driven
by Seattle enviromentalists-Everett Herald
Plan would ensure water
for farmers who help streams -Bellingham
Herald
New Eastside water
source near - East King County cities sign contract to wean themselves
from Seattle water -
Seattle Times
How government
regulations threaten America by
Dr. Michael S/ Coffman for News with Views
Babbitt faults Norton
policies - Says more areas 'cry for protection' -
Sacramento Bee
Stossel to look at
problems in National Parks, wind power, growth issues
July 24, 2003
Fish case raises
new squabble over water - Albuquerque Tribune
Former Rep. Ballard
might say yes to run for governor - 'I've learned that you never say
no' - Seattle P-I
Three suits aim
to undo habitat plan - Land owners and developers call the conservation
program unfair and bad science - Press Enterprises
Ninth Circuit Court Rules
Goshawk Needs No Protection - LMNS
Oregon State Senator
questions accepting federal grants to take more land out of 'traditional'
use - Nature Conservancy blasts him for decision -
Liberty News Service
The Nature Conservancy
Faces Double-Whammy Government Investigation - Liberty
News Service
Mountlake Terrace
council quarrels over growth plan - Seattle Times
The Faith-Based Initiative
is a Trojan Horse - by Tom DeWeese for News with Views
Greens Seeing Red
- Frontpage Magazine
July 23, 2003
Judge holds government
in contempt over Missouri River, imposes fines - Billings
Gazette
Up a Tree In Takoma Park
- Disputes Over City's Tough Restrictions Test the Timber of Its Arborist
-Washington Post
Greens
lying again! by Henry Lamb, for WND
How a Forest Stopped a
Fire in Its Tracks -
NY Times
Court kills effort
to list goshawk as threatened - Center for Biological Diversity sues
to challenge logging plans in 11 national forests, based in part on
effect on goshawk -
Arizona Star Daily
Arizona: Expedite
tree thinning, governor says - Arizona Daily Star
Officials want to
curb use of county cars - Commissioners say too many go home with workers;
departments say it's practical -Spokesman-Review
Number of full-time
equivalent state employees continues to rise -
EFF
Federal transit
data show that rail transit doesn't work -
by Randal O'Toole, The Thoreau Institute
July 22, 2003
'Ecological crown
jewel' in limbo - State has funds to buy wetlands, but dissents with
owner on price -Spokesman-Review
Missouri Breaks
landowners question firefighters' efforts -Billings
Gazette
As wolf packs grow,
so does resentment - Biologists call recovery the most remarkable they've
seen, but most ranchers describe it in another way -
Spokesman-Review
Three Yellowstone rivers
closed to fishing - Warm water
temps cited as reason, although studies show fish adapt to warmer water
- AP
House Transportation
& Infrastructure Committee searching for $500 million of wasted
funds - E&E Daily Report
On the Front lines of
controversy - Some say there's
room for middle ground in drilling debate
- The Missoulian
July 21, 2003
Locke decides
against third term bid -King
5 News
Attorney General Gregoire
to run for governor -King
5 News
Beware legislation with
catchy, 'Mom, apple-pie' titles -
TRACKSIDE © by John D’Aloia Jr.
State
Dept. of Ecology seeks comments on shorelines - again
- KONP News
Montana: Groups
sue to force restoration after logging finished -Montana
News
Corps refuses to drop
Missouri River levels -Billings
Gazette
Rep Allen pushes
land grab in Eastern Maine; smears tax cuts as "mania"-
editorial by Erich Veyhl
Report on Cougar attacks
from Joel Kretz
Acreage to open up
nature park land -Everett
Herald
State guts program
for small farmers - 'It's just a shame to lose something that worked'
- Seattle P-I
July 19, 2003
New study: High cost
of housing related to restrictive zoning - from Dr.
Adrian Moore
Owning property has
become a privilege, not a right -Editorial
by Michael Pattinson as published in the N. VA Journal
West
Coast Communities face economic devastation Rodney
Stubbs for NewsWithViews.com
Idaho high court asked
to help halt burning -
Spokesman-Review
Boeing layoffs imperil
economy -Everett
Herald
BPA at risk of default,
federal watchdog says -Tacoma
News Tribune
Move to study privatizing
park service jobs halted -Tacoma
News Tribune
Water managers
emphasize conservation over storage -
Spokesman-Review
Columbia River to
get dredging funds - Murray helps funding of $5 million for deepening
shipping channel -
The Columbian
Judge orders buffers
for pesticide use -
The Olympian
NAFTA panel rules against
Canadian softwood -
Ottawa Business Journal
Western Property
Owners Beware: Right to Build Roads on Government Property in Jeopardy!
-Brian J. Rogers, Defenders of Property Rights
Wyoming governor wants
single federal voice on wolves -
AP
July 18, 2003
Graves: Endangered Species
law needs overhaul -
Kansas City Star
Norton Announces
$70 Million Giveaway
- LMNS
COMMENTARY: Another
of Locke's broken promises -
EFF
Boeing plans to cut
5,000 more jobs -Seattle
Times
Consumer prices drop
locally, reflecting deeper recession here -
Seattle Times
Greenspan warns of
deficit woes - Fed chairman cites impending retirement of baby boomers
-The Olympian
Idaho: Forest
Service developing caribou strategy - Spokesman-Review
GOP turns attention
to Herbold as potential governor candidate -Seattle
Times
County Supervisor
Chair criticizes California's Multiple Species Conservation Plan - points
out that 75.8 percent of the county is already classified as 'open space'
- LMNS
Nature Conservancy
Continues to Buy Up Texas -
LMNS
July 17, 2003
Tribes call gaming
cash 'easy target'- Don't want to contribute portion of gambling profits
to ease state's budget deficit -
Spokesman-Review
Sims wants to harness
power of cow manure; county executive wants to use cowpies to produce
electricity -
King County Reporter
Judge orders reduced
Missouri River flow to 'protect nesting areas' -
LMNS
Opponents criticize
Missouri River ruling -
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Citizens work to cut
conflict with logging operation -
NMBW
Nation’s potato acreage
declines by 3 percent -
Capital Press
US House eliminates
$100 million earmarked for UN Population Fund -
CFAM
No impact fee hike
needed, Lent now says - The Kitsap County commissioner says the county
might have enough money coming in from an existing real estate excise
tax -
Bremerton Sun
July 16, 2003
'Alarmist' Global
Warming Claims Unfounded, Says Climatolgist -
CNS News
International
Conference on Ecology and Transportation set to explore 'habitat connectivity',
ecosystems and transportation
GOP loses another possible
candidate for governor - Wireless billionaire Stanton says he won't
run - Seattle
P-I
Dredging proponents
hopeful after funding vote - Longview Daily News
Chinook return in record
numbers
- Spokesman-Review
Big salmon in gill nets
revive past -The
Oregonian
Olympic Peninsula:
Federal grant to allow purchase of private timberlands
- PDN
Middle class will feel
pinch of tax surcharge - MONEY: Not indexed for inflation, alternative
minimum tax will start hitting more people as incomes rise -
Bellingham Herald
Irrigators to sue
over fish -Tri-City
Herald
The Beginning
and the Basics: A reminder of why our nation has been great
- excerpted
from People for the West newsletter
July 15, 2003
The
Smart Growth Fraud by Dr. Michael J. Coffman
Recreation group
hails decision to permanently enjoin Clinton roadless plan -
Blue Ribbon Coalition
State wins grants
to protect wildlife - $17.1 million from U.S. will help spotted owls,
bobcats, trout and more -
Seattle P-I - Washington among 29 states to get conservation
grants - Seattle Times
More than 3,000
acres of Olympic Peninsula private forest land to be purchased by federal
government, transferred to state DNR to protect owls, murrelets
- Bremerton Sun
Washington
State jobless rate jumps to 7.7 percent -
King 5 News
Aquaculture offers
way to expand exports, say business owners -
Bremerton Sun
Kaiser looks to land
options-
Spokesman-Review
Judge blocks ban
on building in forests -
Bremerton Sun
Park envisioned on Snake
canyon rim - Private land to be negotiated with 'willing sellers'
- Spokesman-Review
Missouri River ruling
could hinder water quality, shipping revenues -
AP
July 14, 2003
Another awkward August
for the left by
John G. Lankford
Bible verses out at Canyon
- Park Service says decades-old plaques improper -
Arizona Republic
Bureau of Reclamation
altars water plan - Klamath now designated a "dry" year instead
of "below average" -
Siskiyou Daily News
Forest plan under review
- NW Forest Plan didn't work; new plan to be put forward -
Siskiyou Daily News
West faces energy
showdown - Study urges region to take part in talks on power resources
- Rocky Mtn.
News
Wyoming's wolf plan
has feds growling - Conflicts over state's law may keep animals on the
endangered list, says federal wildlife official -
Rocky Mtn. News
Montana: Future property-tax
estimates vary based on county
- The Missoulian
Tourist numbers down
for unexplained reasons -
The Bozeman Chronicle
Land fight brewing in
Lyle, WA -
The Columbian
WA State department
of ecology proposes stricter water rules -
Seattle P-I
July 13, 2003
State OT changes doubtful:
Local laws likely to trump federal -Seattle
Times
Fisher to be considered
for endangered species status -Press
Democrat
Man Is the Endangered Species
editorial by David
Ross for DPR
New definition of waste
- Analysis of water use in desert sends a message-Ventura
County Star
Shellfish districts
propose crackdown on stormwater - County advisers' anti-pollution plan
targets property owners -The Olympian
Your Tax Dollars
at Work: Vancouver to spend $45,000 on hotel project consultant
- The Columbian
Wal-Mart Urges Suppliers
to Adopt Labels - Newsday
WA State Supreme Court
honors TVW for trial coverage -The
Olympian
Water wars more
likely in rural areas in West than in urban areas - Payson, Prescott,
Sedona and Williams are rural Arizona areas considered ripe for conflict
- Tucson Citizen
Hillary's Village Comes
to Oregon -
by Rodney Stubbs for News with Views
All Guns are Machine
Guns, Right? -
by Larry Pratt for News with Views
July 11, 2003
North Olympic Peninsula,
WA: Pieces of aging span will live on as piers - The
News Tribune
Washington State:
Balloting plan draws criticism -
The Olympian
Elwha River dams' removal
on track for 2007, government says
- PDN
Tribes hope to
manage federal refuge, but locals concerned -
CBS News
Report: Cost of Government
Has Grown Significantly -
Talon News
July 10, 2003
Population growth
rate takes a tumble - Islands Sounder
Fee vote has political
impact for county commissioner - The Republican Party is upset with
the first-term official for supporting the building fees -
Bremerton Sun
Letter: County
Impact Fees: Mr. NIMBY, meet Mr. BANANA - Bremerton
Sun Letters - Vivian Henderson
Farewell,
ferries -- let's build some bridges -
Opinion, Bremerton Sun
Tribes prepare for sizable
chinook run -Seattle Times
Renton looks at life
after Boeing - Land-use decisions at forefront as big airplane factory
shrinks -
Seattle P-I
West Sound shellfish
beds face threat - The state warns of 10 sites in the region, including
two new to the list this year - Bremerton Sun
July 9, 2003
Hooray for Sprawl: New
Study Debunks "Smart Growth" By
Michael Walden, Carolina Beat
Plentiful Chinook
Run Leads to Third Fishing Season -
Yakima-Herald
Asparagus Growers
Are Facing a Crisis - Blame state's high minimum wage and federal trade
policies that make it cheaper to import from foreign countries
- Yakima-Herald
Pay Issue Could Hasten
Sheep Industry's Demise -
Yakima-Herald
Western Washington:
Pollution threatens shellfish in 12 counties -Seattle
Times
Salmon overload: California
fishermen giving away fish -AP
Locke . . . taking "efficiency"
too far? By Jason Mercier, Evergreen Freedom Foundation
Skaia
clout limits preserve - State seeks to protect rare Oregon white oak;
county officials fear further erosion of tax base
-The Columbian
Study: Low teacher pay
a myth - Unions fail to account for shorter workday, work year
- WND
July 8, 2003
More names submitted for
petition to change Tacoma government - King 5 News
Northwest wildfires
grow -King
5 News
Utah: BlueRibbon Coalition
and Utah Shared Access Alliance team up with the Top of Utah Snowmobile
Association to challenge new Wasatch Cache National Forest Plan -
Blue Ribbon Coalition news release
Climate Change: The
Science Isn't Settled By James Schlesinger, Washington
Post
Qwest to pay $3.75 mil
fine - Agrees to reforms in consumer fraud settlement -
Arizona Republic
KLAMATH: Road
map to a train wreck - Sierra Times
Yreka, CA: Computer model
for future restoration efforts subject of Conservation District meeting
- Siskiyou Daily News
Judge voids Elko County
road deal - Conservation groups challenge Forest Service -
Las Vegas Review Journal
Brazil's Lula in land
reform talks - Landless Movement leaders presented Lula with a series
of demands -BBC
July 7, 2003
The wise call it "smart
growth" no more by
John G. Lankford
County, landowner lock
horns - Developer says wetlands ruling could affect all waterfront activities
-The Olympian
Federal land grabs
transforming American society by Henry Lamb, for WND
Wildfires spread
across Northwest -King
5 News
California farmers
may get less water -
WA Times
North Coast lumber company
sues tree-sitters -The
Olympian
Website turns tables
on government officials -
Boston Globe
Rockies picked for
energy development -AP
Ruling sets an unmanageable
standard - Surveys and analysis are no substitute for actual management
of our forests-
Opinion, The Missoulian
July 6, 2003
25 years later, Calif.
tax revolt lessons never more timely by
Arthur B. Laffer, for the Arizona Republic
Junking Junk Science
-Tech Central
Station
Update on buyout of
water rights and the Naches Hydropower Plant near Yakima, WA
by Gary Wiggins,
ESA Info.org
Not only are they 'illegal,'
they're menace to society -Viewpoint
by Kathy McGee, Arizona Republic
Some
photos of the Northern Lights
July 5, 2003
Northwest Forest
Plan faulted by one of its authors -Seattle
Times
Farewell Creek fire
grows to 1,260 acres - New fire on Colville reservation
-King 5 News
Protection for water
- Move to protect water on private land grows - Everett
Herald
Washington - Another
Federal Land Grab By
Tracy Oetting for Sierra Times
Potentially Historic
Second Amendment Lawsuit Petitioned to Supreme Court -Silveira
v. Lockyer lawsuit could settle decades of controversy
- Sierra Times
Owens and Hurst Closes
- Last lumber mill in Eureka, Montana by Bruce Vincent
Killings along two
trails - Woman's body found
on trail near Puyallup River; man's body found buried along trail in
Seattle - King 5 News
A river's path - Tribe
seeks protective distinction for the Sauk River -
Everett Herald
July 3, 2003
1776
American Dream - Keeping our founding father's vision alive
Silvery Minnow Ruling
Prompts Calls for ESA Reform -Liberty News Service
Kempthorne blasts
species act - ESA has spawned a 'flood of lawsuits' but done little
for species recovery, private landowners or the state, he says-Capital
Press
Man Is the Endangered Species
editorial by David
Ross for DPR
The "Smart Growth"
Threat to Property Rights in Virginia -
address by Chris Barnes, from DPR
Nature vs. Politics
by Dr. Patrick Moore, co-founder and former president of Greenpeace
Secretary Norton
Applauds World Heritage Committee Decision to Remove Yellowstone from
List of Endangered Sites -
DOI Press Release
July 2, 2003
Group lists Washington's
'endangered' properties -King
5 News
Business groups advance
initiative - Measure repeals workplace ergonomics rules for 2004
-The Olympian
One Cool Question -
Letter from Julie Kay Smithson
Six counties to sue feds
over tortoise protection - Las Vegas Sun
Klamath :Representatives
call for investigation -AP
Snohomish: Property
rights 'eroded,' innkeepers complain -Seattle Times
State's population
rises at lowest rate in 20 years -Seattle
Times
July 1, 2003
Proposed 44,570-acre
Weed and Toad Sanctuary - Don Fife, for eco-logic
Science, my foot! Conservation
Biology as Science
by Jim Beers, for eco-logic
Rep. Roy Blunt Leads the
Charge for Property Rights -
Mike Hardiman, for eco-logic
State's gas tax jumps
a nickel; vehicle sales surtax in effect -
Seattle P-I
Crown Pacific timber
co. seeks bankruptcy - Trillium, Indian tribes are negotiating to buy
firm's timberlands in Whatcom, Skagit, Snohomish counties -
Bellingham Herald
The Free Congress
Commentary - Thwarting A Congressional Power Grab by
Paul Weyrich
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