Category Archives: agriculture

Wildlife Corridors v. Business Groups. Property Rights.

Where are Business Groups are suing to stop a wildlife corridor: Ventura County CA

Which Business Groups are involved?

  • Ventura County Coalition of Labor Agriculture and Business
  • California Construction and Industrial Materials Association

What is a wildlife corridor?

  • limits impermeable fencing, night lighting, construction and clearing of vegetation
  • to help wild animals move between the Santa Monica Mountains and the Los Padres National Forest
  • as the wild animals search for food, shelter…

Property Rights. Lege TREND. Amending Right to Farm Laws.

LBB 227 (2019 | NE) amends Nebraska’s Right to Farm provisions to fend of nuisance lawsuits brought against farmers.

But, there’s a hitch: there’s a hesitancy to grant immunity from liability to farmers…in Nebraska. What else does one do in Nebraska?

Is there a constitutional issue? Yes, closing the doors to courthouses for nuisances is likely unconstitutional accorind got law professors in Nebraska

Omaha World Herald | Proposed expansion of Nebraska’s Right to Farm Act runs into…

Lege TREND. Oil & Gas Underground Storage. No Land Owner Compensation.

North Dakota’s SB2344 (2019 | ND) would not permit compensation to landowners for salt water, natural gas,  or CO2 recovery storage for the land owner.

KXNET | Landowners Group: Bill would take land rights away

 

Lege TREND. State Legislation to Contravene Federal Permits. Grazing Rights in this Bill.

Montana’s HJ 28 (2019 | MT) would request that the state deny the American Prairie Reserve’s grazing proposal to the Bureau of Land Management

Opponents say:

  • thinly veiled attempt by the United Property Owners of Montana
  • Their interest is only “to protect only the economic interests of its members”
  • coercive use of the power of the State to attack the property rights 
  • if they want a modification of federal grazing privileges, request one through the proper channels

Missoulian | HJ28: An…

3 Reason Eminent Domain Works for the Takers of Texas Land.

The Texas Farm Bureau President states his case by riasing these 3 points:

  • Private Entities. 1271 non-governmental entities have eminent domain authority
  • Transparency. those 1271 do not have the same transparency rules of local governments
  • Unfairness. No fairness when landowners are forced to sell. More good faith. More just compensation.

Houston Chronicle | Opinion | Eminent domain works in Texas — for the takers [Opinion]