Federal Land Grab Comes to California at Vail Lake

Breitbart ^ | 4/30/14 | Kristin Tate

[Nachum]

Americans have become increasingly concerned about the federal government's seizure of privately-held lands and property, especially after the Cliven Bundy incident in Nevada. Now another land owner, Bill Johnson of Temecula, California, claims his property at Vail Lake, the largest privately-owned lake in California, is being threatened by the county, state, and federal governments.

Johnson purchased 11,000 acres of land in Riverside County over 17 years ago, including Vail Lake, encompassing over 1,000 square surface acres of water. Now Johnson claims various levels of government are trying to seize the property, using intimidation under the guise of environmental concerns.

Johnson told Breitbart News: "The habitat is free of any endangered species. The government just wants it because it’s part of their 'core area' due to the properties of water and enormous size."

He mentioned that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) currently manages land parcels on either side of Vail Lake.

"The EPA needed to come up with 42,000 acres in the area to 'protect' the kangaroo rats," Johnson said. "They intimated property owners into giving up their land."

Duncan Hunter, a Republican Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California from 1981 to 2009, has known Johnson since the 1970's.

[ncpatriot]

We need to help private owners from the govt greed

[DoughtyOne]

We need to fire every BLM, EPA, and Education employee, and start over on Education.

BLM and EPA? Done!

[Mark17]

America is damn near finished and we have nothing to stop it.

Well, we still have something to stop it, but I think they will eventually go door to door and confiscate those too. I just wonder if going Galt on their stupid MoFo a$$es is the next thing to do.

[BuckeyeTexan]

Just, wow.

[blueplum]

Currently, the BLM has control over about two-thirds of Riverside County, according to Johnson. "The county claims they need the land to protect lots of rare species," Johnson said. "But there have been studies done that that just isn't true."

that's about 2/3rds too much