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Wow. A long story, but worth the read.

2 posted on 01/07/2026 7:01:05 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)

To: MtnClimber

And a strange story too

I didn’t use a drop past my legal rights, but because *I put it on the wrong field* ?????????.

Watering what for who?

10 posted on 01/07/2026 7:08:17 AM PST by Vaduz (?.)

To: MtnClimber

Bureaucratic rape by the state of Washington. I really feel for the guy.

14 posted on 01/07/2026 7:31:32 AM PST by telescope115 (Ad Astra, Ad Deum…)

To: MtnClimber

OK ... I read the whole thing.

This isn’t about bureaucrats who don’t know farming ... although they probably don’t.

This is a land-grab, plain and simple. Somebody wants that land ... cheap ... and is abusing government power to get it.

40 posted on 01/07/2026 8:26:58 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)

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