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In a (video) presentation to the Nevada Association of Counties, Representative Ken Ivory (American Lands Council) talks about the inequitable treatment of the States West of the Mississippi by federal failure to dispose of the public lands into private ownership as promised in State Enabling Acts. Ivory/ALC proposes legislation to return lands to the Western States for lease or disposal into private ownership. Sale could provide revenue to discharge the National Debt.

Yreka, Calif. — About 700 people attended a meeting at the Siskiyou Golden Fairgrounds on Saturday sponsored by the activism group Defend Rural America, founded by Idaho native Kirk MacKenzie. The meeting consisted of a film, a fundraising auction and discussions with a panel of eight sheriffs from Northern California and Southern Oregon. A charter bus brought more than 40 people from the Bay Area and around 250 people from other areas outside of Siskiyou County, according to Liz Bowen of Scott Valley Protect Our Waters (POW), who co-organized the event. More than 10 political action groups were in attendance,...

Region: COLORADO Geographic coordinates: 37.137N, 104.671W Magnitude: 5.5 Mw Depth: 4 km Universal Time (UTC): 23 Aug 2011 05:46:19 Time near the Epicenter: 22 Aug 2011 23:46:19 Local standard time in your area: 23 Aug 2011 05:46:19 Location with respect to nearby cities: 5 km (3 miles) W (259 degrees) of Cokedale, CO 13 km (8 miles) W (279 degrees) of Starkville, CO 15 km (9 miles) WSW (255 degrees) of Trinidad, CO 126 km (78 miles) S (182 degrees) of Pueblo, CO 289 km (180 miles) S (175 degrees) of Denver, CO

Sustainable Development Commission Concludes Session without Agreement on 10-Year Framework .....Earlier Friday, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addressed the Commission at the conclusion of its last session before the "vital" 2012 United Nations Conference of the Sustainable Development, which, like the original 1992 Earth Summit, will be held in Rio de Janeiro. He particularly highlighted the need to transform patterns of production and consumption and to reverse the trends of excessive resource use. “Achieving this goal will take a fundamental transformation in consumption patterns, lifestyle and values,” he said, emphasizing the vast challenges inherent in shifting global consumption and production patterns toward...

The California Strategic Growth Council (smart growth, climate change) releases recommendations for future inter-agency policy goals and restrictions based on "health in all policies" “to improve air and water quality, improve natural resource protection, increase the availability of affordable housing, improve transportation, meet Revised 11.23.2010, for consideration by the SGC on 12.03.2010 15 the goals of the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, encourage sustainable land use planning, and revitalize urban and community centers in a sustainable manner.”"

This is a satire on trying to open a trucking business in CA.

"Under President Obama's vision for a "21st century conservation agenda," the federal government would bring together cities, states, tribes and nongovernmental organizations working on conservation efforts, and encourage families to spend more time outdoors, officials said."

Despite the debacle of the failed Copenhagen climate change conference last December, the United Nations is pressing full speed ahead with a plan for a greatly expanded system of global environmental governance and for a multitrillion-dollar economic transfer scheme to ignite the creation of a "global green economy."

This is the sixth installment of a multi-part series of research regarding the attorney fees litigation gravy train discovered by radical environmental groups using taxpayer dollars. (Additional material can be found here: http://www.westernlegacyalliance.org/eaja-abuse-home-page/ ) We have to STOP the millions of taxpayer dollars funding our own demise!! Radical environmental groups have hit private property owners, businesses and public lands users in the pocketbook for years; it is time to level the playing field. Radical environmental groups freely admit that they are using federal court litigation as a hammer and sword to force their personal agendas on the American taxpayers, private...

http://republicans.resourcescommittee.house.gov/UploadedFiles/Ltr_to_Obama_Re_AntiquitiesAct_021810.pdf Hastings, Bishop Send Letter to President Over Potential Plans to Lock-Up Millions of Acres of Western Land Internal Document Reveals Administration Looking to Designate over a Dozen New National Monuments in the West WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb 18 - A recently obtained internal document from the U.S. Department of the Interior shows the Obama Administration is covertly considering designating up to 17 new National Monuments under the Antiquities Act. In addition, it shows that the Administration is also targeting thousands of acres of private land for potential acquisition by the federal government. The proposed designations and acquisitions would lock-up at...

More than 98,000 welfare recipients in San Bernardino County stand to lose their monthly cash benefits as early as March unless the state can cough up the money needed to fund the program. The state's historic $42 billion budget crunch has forced the State Controller's Office to delay an estimated $3.3 billion in payments to California counties, taxpayers and various state agencies... County spokesman David Wert said the county has enough state money to fund the program through February, but after that, it is uncertain what will happen. "And that's a horrific prospect. People who need help now more than...

As State Controller, John Chiang is responsible for ensuring the State has sufficient funds to meet its financial obligations. With no signs of an economic recovery in sight, it is critical that the Governor and the Legislature enact a sound budget solution that provides much-needed cash by February 1. If not, the State will be $346 million in the red at the end of February, and $5.2 billion in the red in April. In order to preserve cash for education, debt service and other payments that are deemed by the State Constitution, federal law or court rulings as having first...

When it was first created in the 1970s, the California Department of Toxics Control (DTSC) was a tiny unit under the California Department of Health Services. Today its staff of over 1,000, mostly scientists and engineers, works to reduce toxic pollution. Recommendations developed by DTSC for the California Environmental Protection Agency’s new Green Chemistry Initiative have set the stage for California to pioneer a new wave of chemical policies.... ... When I went through the budget process I realized we needed to put more resources into the pollution prevention part of my department. It didn't need to be this little...

Our view:It’s criminally negligent when politicians can’t set aside differences long enough to talk for a morning about an urgent public safety hazard The organizers of a wildfire forum in Sacramento on Wednesday brought together three members of the U.S. Congress and half a dozen state lawmakers. They drew the California fire marshal, the head of the state Fire Safe Council, Forest Service researchers and officials, and county supervisors from around the region. STORY TOOLS E-mail story Comments iPod friendly Printer friendly News alerts Subscribe to the paper Submit a news tip More Editorials Delta overhaul can't undercut northern rights...

The compensatory ruling from the Court of Claims in the Fifth Amendment Takings case of grazer Wayne Hage was finaly handed down after 17 years. Hage's heirs were awarded $4,220,431.20 plus interest from time of Takings plus attorney costs. Property takings on so called federal land included: improvements of springs and wells; water use rights; roads; fences; irrigation ditches. Takings for cattle impoundment and taking of the "entire ranch" were denied. The 18 page ruling should be posted on the Stewards of the Range website soon. https://www.stewards.us/

WEED - Comments made by College of the Siskiyous Trustee Doris Wood at last month’s board meeting were the subject at Tuesday’s board meeting of several faculty, board and student statements and a campus community resolution calling for her censure and resignation. Wood’s comments were made in regard to the two new course proposals, Beginning Arabic I and History of the Middle East, on the board’s January consent agenda. She asked to have the new class proposals removed from the consent agenda, which commonly contains several items which are approved together with one vote, and either discussed on their own...

The agreement announced Tuesday on the future of the Klamath River offers reason for cautious hope that the troubled waterway can recover from years of human intervention and abuse while meeting the conflicting needs of fish and farms. The agreement � forged by the farmers, fishermen, American Indians, government agencies and conservation groups whose views on the Klamath’s future long have clashed � achieves the seemingly impossible: a broadly supported plan to allocate the free-flowing waters of the river without dams. Therein lies the hope. And therein lies the caution. That these longtime adversaries, who for years battled over a...

A friend of mine who is a founding member of NAFBPO sent me the following notice: The National Assn of Former Border Patrol Officers (NAFBPO) is holding a live PRESS CONFERENCE tomorrow at 10am Eastern to oppose the immigration bill as being pushed by the President and the Republicans. This will provide amnesty to over 20 million illegals, and further weaken an already dsyfunctional U. S. immigration policy. http://www.nafbpo.org/ NAFBPO was formed by a group of retired Border Patrol Agents to publicly address the dangerous changes being proposed in the law regarding immigration. Our premise is that the best source...

Car-tax refund plan stirs alarm Local agencies face little or no vehicle fee revenue for 3 months. By John Hill -- Bee Capitol Bureau Published 2:15 a.m. PST Tuesday, December 9, 2003 In a move that local governments fear would blow new holes in their beleaguered budgets, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's administration plans to use revenue they would normally get to make refunds to vehicle owners who paid a higher car-tax rate this fall, officials said Monday. It could mean that local governments, already facing reduced payments from the state, will get little or no vehicle license fee revenue for three...

November 4, 2003 – 10:00 a.m. meeting of the California State Water Resources Control Board Coastal Hearing Room – Second Floor The Joe Serna Jr./ Cal/EPA Building 1001 I Street, Sacramento AGENDA Excerpts 3. Consideration Of Proposed Resolution Authorizing Approval Of An Interagency Agreement Between the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) and the State Board Of Equalization (BOE) To Bill And Collect Water Right Fees And Expenses. (The Board will consider, at a Board Meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.) ***************** Among proposals is an annual charge of $.03 per acre foot of right or $100, (which ever...