toads pay taxes now???This will happen with more frequency. National forests closed off for various important reasons. No go zones.
Words fail me, the inmates have taken over the asylum.
What the heck is keeping you stuck in California? I mean with nonsense like this being the norm, isn't Texas looking a lot better? :-)
As I recall your family traces its heritage to this part of the country (Oklahoma and Arkansas?). It sure would be good to have you and Free Republic come back to the ancestral home!
On the other hand, if you can fight to restore Reagan-era values, maybe the Golden State can again be golden again.
Agenda 21 in action. Get ready for more of this.
Gig em.... And fry in butter....
Ok so then the only ones who will be able to use the forest land will be the marijuana growers, right?
Eventually, this regime will start closing off privately owned land and usurping it for “national forests,” open only to federal officials and Mexican cartels.
In other news:
El Dorado County Sheriff Strips Forest Service Of State-Law Enforcement Power ( CA )
CBS13 ^ | June 21, 2013
Posted on 6/22/2013 6:12:03 PM by george76
The El Dorado County Sheriff says he’s not happy with the U.S. Forest Service, so he’s stripping them of their authority by keeping them from enforcing state law within the county.
Sheriff John D’Agostini is taking the unusual step of pulling the police powers from the federal agency because he says he has received “numerous, numerous complaints.”
In a letter obtained by CBS13, the sheriff informs the federal agency that its officers will no longer be able to enforce California state law anywhere in his county.
“I take the service that we provide to the citizens of El Dorado County and the visitors to El Dorado County very seriously, and the style and manner of service we provide,” D’Agostini said. “The U.S. Forest Service, after many attempts and given many opportunities, has failed to meet that standard.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3034470/posts
For comparison, Delaware is around 1.5 Mil acres in size.
And I do mean ALL land.
It makes it easier for the drug lords to grow marijuana since the government workers won’t travel as much and there is less likely of a backwoods hiker from stumbling upon the farm. I see DOI folks and State employees sitting on their butts more since they won’t have to watch out for visitors. Perfect job for the paid off park employees.
What’ll they do when the terrorists set fire to it?
That’s the cover story. The drug gangs are increasingly using the forests to grow their crops.
Golden memories of packing in by horse, and mule to hunt in the Kings Canyon/John Muir Wilderness back in the early ‘60s!
I suppose that area is now forbidden for humans to even enter...
Sigh...
WHAT?
Did China just acquire 2 million acres of prime California land?
They will be coming after AZ next, I bet.
Governor Brewer signs HB 2551
June 21, 2013
Governor Jan. Brewer on June 19 signed House Bill 2551 (off-highway vehicles; use; authority; enforcement). The bill clarifies state authority in how it will enforce federal Travel Management Rules regarding off-highway vehicle use on U.S. Forest Service or Bureau of Land Management lands.
The Arizona Game and Fish Commission voted in March to support HB 2551, but made its support contingent on adoption of amended language that would address the commission’s concerns about unintended limitations on officers’ ability to enforce resource damage laws or road closures for public safety purposes, such as during forest fires. Subsequent amendments addressed the commission’s concerns.
The legislation, sponsored by Sen. Chester Crandell (R-Heber) and Rep. David Gowan (R-Sierra Vista), passed the Arizona Senate and House in May.
The bill permits Game and Fish officers to enforce laws related to habitat damage and other duties important to the department’s mission, while giving officers discretion in enforcing federal travel management rules that are lower priority or that might impede achieving wildlife management objectives.
The Arizona Game and Fish Commission has expressed long-standing concerns that the new forest Travel Management Rules put undue constraints on reasonable public access, are inconsistent across the different forests and therefore confusing to outdoor recreationists, and could impede the commission’s and department’s ability to meet wildlife management objectives.
In addition to the Arizona Game and Fish Commission, SB 2551 is supported by county sheriffs and county supervisors throughout Arizona.
“One purpose of this legislation is to reaffirm the department’s leading role in protecting wildlife habitat, while ensuring that the use of our law enforcement resources are not spent on efforts that, in some instances, unreasonably reduce the opportunities for Arizona’s families to fish, hunt, camp or enjoy wildlife viewing or responsible off-highway vehicle recreation,” said Kurt Davis, a member of the Arizona Game and Fish Commission.
Davis said the department’s education programs, scientific evaluation and law enforcement activities related to protecting wildlife habitat will continue, while balancing the ability for Arizonans to enjoy the outdoors.
“This legislation simply strengthens the department’s legally recognized role to manage wildlife across all our public lands and ensures that role is more appropriately recognized and respected,” he said.
http://azgfd.net/artman/publish/NewsMedia/Governor-Brewer-signs-HB-2551.shtml
toads pay taxes now???All game of the forest is the property of the King and none may hunt or take from that which does not belong to him.
Just because we have some twisted liberal ideal today, does the Effect of the dysfunction come to any different end?
We are truly on the road to giving our rights to the higher authority of the Kingdom of the Government.
Why did we even revolt against King George only to accept being a serf to this enlightened version of the Kingdom?