Review of prairie pothole easements

[Justabirdwatcher]

Interior Expands Program for Review of Prairie Pothole Wetland Easements | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior today announced that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will incorporate feedback from North Dakota farmers, ranchers and conservation partners as it updates and expands an innovative Prairie Pothole Wetland pilot project addressing landowner...

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[brocksw]

 

[Big Fin]

"Administrative takings," are resolved in the courts. It's not an "Administrative takings," rather a political stunt trying to curry favor before the midterms, so that is being handled via executive branch action.

It's bullshit, but it seems a lot of people are OK being bullshitted.

 

[NoWiser]

I feel like I’m going to puke. When will this nightmare end?

 

[brocksw]

Funny, Cramer never seemed to have an issue with the nearly identical sized setbacks and buffers used in oil and gas to protect correlative rights. I shouldn’t sell him short though, maybe he’s coming after that next. Because it isn’t freedom if I cant drain my neighbors oil AND his wetlands.

 

[texwest44]

Hey, I used to make USDA property maps for ag producers in Montana, there's a lot more going on the scenes there than one might originally think, and there is a lot of clean up remaining to be done. I'm a card-carrying member of the These Guys Are a Bunch Of Crooked Weasels Club but y'all wouldn't believe how much federal money doesn't get distributed correctly to producers simply because the maps are junk. Mostly affects crop-based programs over livestock.

It'll suck the joy of ArcGIS out of you, that's for sure.