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Move over trees and landscaping, welcome state law preemption of fencing ordinances. Read the bill.

State: Wyoming

The bill: WY SF 107 (2018)

How would state law preempt local fence regulations?

prohibit any county or town from passing a fence ordinance that violates current WY code

What’s an example of a blocked ordinance under this bill? If an ordinance required wildlife friendly fences, which is an issue in Teton County

Land: Wildlife Preserve land at the Border
- Eminent Domain Use: Border Wall
- ABC 10 | Texas wildlife refuge could become fierce battleground over Trump’s proposed border wall
Land: Landowners around the Lost Pines Groundwater Conservation District
- Property Rights Issue: Whether landwoners with no well in an aquifer can protest a permit
- Statesman | Groundwater district appeals judge’s ruling for Bastrop landowners
Property: Deer and deer breeder licenses
- Property Rights Issue: What…

84% of Texas land base is farm, ranch or timber and Texas legislators and regulators should think of land as infrastructure like:

Colorado that dedicates lottery revenue to private land conservation
Ohio that allows municipal water utilities to get lower interest rate on loans for plant upgrades in exchange for funding land protection
Better funding of the Texas Farm & Ranch Lands Conservation Program

What’s the background?

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department promulgated rules to curtail chronic wasting disease
Some deer breeders sued to stop the rules.
Lower Court upheld the rules
An appeal by deer breeders alleges property rights violations

What are the property rights claims in the appeal to the 3rd Court of Appeals?

As…

Ecotourism: Wilderness operators in Canada are arguing for their private property rights for ecotourism.

Economic Impact: As the rights of ecotourism are challenged, investors are pulling their funds out of the Candaian wilderness.

Wisconsin Legislature is looking at a Republican backed bill to limit game warden access to private lands.

Game Wardens would only be granted access to private land if there is reasonable suspicion that a violation had occurred.

Game Wardens are concerned that AB 411 prevents them from conducting compliance checks on more than 80% of the Wisconsin landscape.