Posted on 02/19/2016 1:04:30 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
But can he get Mexico to pay for it?
But can he get Mexico to pay for it?
[snip - emphasis mine] Gov. Brian Sandoval maintains his alternative would exclude only about 6 percent of the federal land the government has temporarily withdrawn from future mineral development in Nevada, where previously unverified mining claims are effectively frozen across 4,200 square miles - a swath nearly as large as the state of Connecticut.
The moderate Republican wants to swap about one-fifth of the withdrawn area, some 555,000 acres, for 394,000 alternative acres he says contain higher quality habitat more critical to the survival of the imperiled bird . . .
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell decided in September the greater sage grouse didn't warrant Endangered Species Act protection across 11 western states . . .
But almost simultaneously, the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management adopted new regulations restricting development around grouse habitat that some critics say are just as onerous for ranchers, miners and others.
Agenda 21 at work.
I think he sees selling a lot of the gubbmint land as a way to pay down federal debt. Just a hunch.
A lot of the land grabs over the years have been by Executive Order. Those can be just as easily reversed with another EO.
Here’s one example. Closes the land off from recreation, development, minerals, etc.:
Excerpt:
The Bureau of Land Management has submitted a draft resource management plan for Clark and southern Nye counties in Nevada. The plan, outlined in the Federal Register / Vol. 79, No.197 Notice, designates over 3 million acres of public and private land “Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACECs).” Under the fairytale story of protecting the environment, the feds plan on locking the people of Nevada out of 3 million acres of their own land.
Listed below is what Nevada, and the rest of the public, will lose access to once the feds steal this land. The ACEC designation will
Close down Hiking Trails
Close Roads
Close all Public Camping
Close access to Recreational Vehicles
Ban all Motorized Travel
Close the land to Livestock Grazing
Restrict Hiking
Restrict Horseback Riding
Ban Group Recreation
Close the Land to Mineral Development
Close Water Access to Locals
Ban all Hunting & Target Shooting
By the way, one of the ranch owners near the wildlife sanctuary near Burns, Oregon did a study. The nearby ranches (with irrigation and some crops) drew far more birds to their properties than the sanctuary. Hence the feds wanting those nearby properties!
I’d light myself on fire on the Senate floor.
A big boondoggle for Harry Reid, his son, and a big Chinese company that wants to pay the Reids for brokering the land deal so they can build a solar farm or some damned forieign-owned deal:
Reports: Company Tied to Reid's Son Wants Land in Bundy Standoff
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