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Thoughts for the day:
It is irresponsible for [The Department of the Interior]
to keep buying more land. We already own one out of every five acres in
the country. Before the government buys more land, it must learn to take
care of what it already controls.
-Secretary
Gale A. Norton, U.S. Department of the Interior
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"After working with this law (the Endangered
Species Act) during my 22 years in Congress, I've concluded it's the most
powerful law in the land. It can be used to thwart everything from the
training of our fighter pilots to the farmer's simple desire to plant
a crop in his field so he can feed his family."
House Resources Committee
Chairman James V. Hansen discussing a bill to restore the original intent
of the ESA [Endangered Species Act]
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"There is a deliberate and quite outspoken
attack on the whole idea of people owning private property. Mr. William
Reiley, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, has said publicly
on a number of occasions that he does not believe that people should have
the right to own private property. To use his words, "The ownership
of private property is a quaint anachronism." He has called for a
repeal of the fifth amendment as it affects the right of private property.
There are two laws that have been passed by the Congress that are being
used to take property away from people. one is the Endangered Species
Act, and the other one happens to be the Clean Water Act. The Clean Water
Act has a section, 404, which allows the Corps of Engineers to regulate
the water that is navigable. By a series of very twisted definitions,
the Corps has adopted the idea, which the Fish and Wildlife and EPA are
also following, that any body of water, or any moist land, anything that
they can call "wetland" constitutes navigable water."
-Dixie Lee Ray, scientist, recipient of the United Nations Peace Prize
- 1992
"According to a recent study by the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, simply limiting 'unreasonable'
jury awards could cut health care costs by five to nine percent, saving
$70 - $126 billion each year and allowing an additional 2.4 - 4.3 million
Americans to obtain medical insurance." -
May 6, 2003 press release of Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse, as cited
by sickoflawsuits.org
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June 29, 2003
County buys first property at River's
End - PNN
Massachusetts: Beach Access Limited;
Plovers Move in - Duxbury
Clipper
'Pilgrim'
family butts heads with feds - Alaska 'hillbillies' take on bureaucrats
over access to private land -
by Sarah Foster, for WorldNetDaily
Government Won't
Declare Lynx Endangered -
AP
The Truth About Farmers
- by Julie Kay
Smithson
Ruling protects dead
Bitterroot trees -
The Missoulian
League of Women Voters
of Washington Introduces New Board of Directors -
Press Release
June 27, 2003
States OK with
Columbia River dredging work
- Seattle P-I
'Streamlined' tax
bill would pave way for taxing the internet - Businesses shake off apathy
to put heat on legislators -
TRACKSIDE © by John D’Aloia Jr.
Supreme Court hears
I-776 case -King
5 News
Agricultural leaders
from around the world gathered in Sacramento this week, causing a flurry
of debate and protests
- Capital Press
Farmers wonder
when cities will wise up -
Capital Press
Skagit County adopts
‘bufferless’ ordinance -
Capital Press
Critics cry foul over
fish - Bull trout recovery plan costs 'staggering' to farmers, local
communities -
Capital Press
June 26, 2003
Recreation group
applauds resources report - League of Conservation Voters taken to task
for misrepresenting environmental issues by Congressional committee
- Blue
Ribbon Coalition
COG stands for surprising
assault on democracy - Attempt for constitutional amendment to appoint,
rather than elect, U. S. representatives in an emergency, pushed by
Continuity of Government Commission - editorial by
Phyllis Schlafley, for Townhall
Reclamation shuts
down Klamath shutdown - Herald & News
Wilderness group
seeks land swap -AP
Last sawmill on Mendocino
Coast to close - Capital Press
Ranchers “taunted” by wolves
- Capital Press
Brinnon: Dosewallips River Road
reconstruction under fire by environmental coalition
- PDN
June 25, 2003
Life on Frontier is Tough;
Policies Make it Tougher
Chelan County: Blueberry
farm in jam over agricultural zoning -Bremerton
Sun
Expand? DeVries Told
to Cut Water Use First -
Yakima-Herald
Impact fees defeat challenge
- Everett
Herald
New Mexico Senator
Seeks Increased Federal Tax Compensation for Exempt Land -
Las Cruces Sun-News
Members of Congress
launch ESA reform effort -
AFBF
Shelton, WA:
Comprehensive plan headed for state agencies -
The Olympian
Justices question
using schools to talk politics -News
Tribune
Clallam County:
Commissioners seek input on Charter amendments -
PNN
Farm
Bureau appeals Cal-Fed lawsuit -
Capital Press
Debate escalates on
ag water runoff -Capital
Press
June 24, 2003
Water rules may
drain builders - But new manual will 'help environment' -The
Olympian
Environment improved,
EPA says in draft report -Seattle Times
Domenici move in minnow
case a credible threat to Endangered Species Act, enviros say
-Albuquerque Tribune
Global Warming:
Nature or Nurture? by
Kevin Van Cott
Reichert to skip governor's
race -Seattle Times
Governor appoints
as his new director of external affairs - newly hired position expert
on political campaigning- Press release from Governor's
office
Tax rebel can't sell
his book, judge rules -AP
Teach citizenship in
public schools -
by Hans Zeiger for Renew America
Sea-Tac: Cost of third
runway could top $1 billion -Seattle
Times
June 23, 2003
States to blame for
budget woes, report says - Poor U.S. economy matters less than lawmakers'
money management -The Olympian
Thanks to higher gas
tax, state agency is hiring - With $4 billion in projects, Department
of Transportation recovers lost jobs -
The Olympian
Opinion Editorial:
Why Piddle Around? Jobs and Economic Development
- EFF
State must ensure
safety before fixing Arizona 85 -
Arizona Star
Special bond election
is too costly - The state's hurting for money. So is the city of Tucson.
Pima County is, too, but it's not acting that way.
-Arizona Star
Court Upholds Tougher
Rule on Arsenic Limits in Water -
NY Times
June 22, 2003
Vancouver, WA: Taxing
land to buy land - Funds would be used to acquire 5,800 acres of private
land for wildlife habitat, greenways -
The Oregonian
Portland's Metro Shows
How Much It Cares about Commuters by
Randal O'Toole , The Thoreau Institute
Bill would give
Idaho a share in recovery funds
- The Idaho Statesman
Funding for salmon
advances on two fronts - Power council OKs package of BPA projects
- The Idaho Statesman
Spotted owl case pivotal
- The Columbian
Clark County,
WA: County invites comment on growth -
The Columbian
Judge sides with Clallam
County’s ag exemption -
Capital Press
June 21, 2003
Court upholds
EPA's stricter water standard - Agency was sued after ordering public
water systems to cut arsenic levels -
Seattle P-I
Budget cuts bite
into land purchases - Reports of poor fiscal management also take toll
- "Only" $100 million
for federal land purchases in the next fiscal year -
Seattle P-I
Coalition presses
on to save woodland -Seattle
P-I
Special Report: Water
2025: What the Family Farm Alliance Believes Must Be Done If We Are
To Meet The Next Two Decades' Water Challenges In The West -from
Family Farm Alliance
June 20, 2003
Twin Lakes recharge
effort may get funding -
Methow Valley News
Is the Oregon's Sustainability
Forum Hillary's Global Village? Rodney R. Stubbs,
for News with Views
Locke approves
$3 billion package of Boeing perks - Governor praises 'great step forward'
designed to lure 7E7 -The
Olympian
Boeing may cut
more local jobs - But cautious executives offer no specifics-Seattle
P-I
Seatbelt campaign
could land in state Supreme Court
-King County Business Journal
Land Appraisal
Process to Be Overhauled -
Las Vegas Sun
Creek initiative finds
foes in developers, Realtors, city
- Seattle P-I
State Supreme
Court upholds ban on trapping -The
Olympian
June 19, 2003
Public Land Trust
acquires Wyoming ranch - AP
The Great National
Land Grab from
LMNS
Montanans for Multiple
Use file lawsuit to stop shutdown of national forests to public access
- LMNS
Tenth Circuit Upholds
Silvery Minnow Ruling; Mayor
blasts ruling - LMNS
Wildfire Burns
More Than 200 Homes in Arizona - -AP/Yahoo News
June 18, 2003
WTC launches 'seed capital'
program for outlying communities -Puget
Sound Business Journal
Washington state's
jobless rate at 7.3% - 220,500 people presently unemployed - Spokane
County jobless rate up to 6.9% -
Spokesman-Review
Clallam: Health-care
providers get pledge to seek legislation aiding free clinics
- PDN
Locke says times changed,
he's the same -News Tribune
Locke amasses
war chest for re-election bid - Governor mum on '04 plans -The
Olympian
June 17, 2003
Author claims green
movement has hidden agenda -
Siskiyou Daily News
Port handles increasing
lumber loads -The
Olympian
News Briefs from the WA
State Farm Bureau
Time to pay for work,
forest chief says - Bosworth: Meeting everyone's needs has a price
- The Missoulian
State Patrol to
continue emphasis on seat belt law despite ruling by 3 judges of its
unconstitutionality - More than 100,000 tickets handed out
- Tacoma News Tribune
Gun control is socialist
- by Larry Pratt, for
News with Views
"They don't steal
off of our chickens"by
Bill Sizemore, for News with View
Protecting
the environment by
Walter Martin, for World Net Daily
State warns of
DDT in Chelan trout -Longview
Daily News
Why
DDT was banned...The lies of Rachel Carson by Dr.
J. Gordon Edwards
June 16, 2003
Nature
Conservancy Abandons Disputed Practices - Land Deals, Loans Were Questioned
- Washington Post
Bye-bye buffers? Commissioners
set to approve new fish-and-farms law
- Skagit Valley Herald
At $100,000 per mile,
taxpayers shell out for the pleasure of a few citizens - TRACKSIDE
© by John D’Aloia Jr
Wyoming:
Study released on
watercraft in Bighorn Canyon - AP
Wildfire threat in
Northwest rising with temperatures -King 5 News
Seat belt law declared
unconstitutional - State Patrol to keep issuing tickets for now
-Everett Herald
Four governors and four
dams -Seattle Times editorial
June 14, 2003
High School Is
Virtual, but the Caps and Gowns Are Real - NY Times
Conservancy Abandons
Disputed Practices - Land Deals, Loans Were Questioned -Washington
Post
European Union draft
constitution unveiled - EU Business
Tax Increases
- It's Not Just Your State - AP
Systems Governance
bankrupting States
by Lyn Stuter for News with Views
The fate of SB5659
- Counties, Cities, Towns authorized to raise taxes above 1% limit -
but only with a vote of the people
by Tim Eyman
12 Home Loans at Conservancy
- Nonprofit Says All but 2 Have Been Repaid; 5 Came Interest-Free -Washington
Post
Labor vows political
backlash -Seattle
Times
Idaho Governor mentioned
for EPA job - Kempthorne named in story as a leading candidate to succeed
Whitman -Spokesman-Review
June 13, 2003
A Healthy Perspective
on Forest Management -- Greenpeace, Greenspirit founder addresses congressional
crowd
Public speaks out: Rural
buffers would restrict growth unfairl - Property rights
activists as well as the municipalities of Poulsbo and Port Orchard
contend the buffers would restrict growth unfairly
- Bremerton Sun
World Summit on
Salmon considers salmon population - Scientists say hard decisions needed
to restore numbers -Spokesman-Review
Bugs attack Idaho grain
crops-Capital
Press
You gotta see this:
New Gender and Water Resource Guide from United Nations Development
Programme
Kitsap County Commissioners
approve parks purchase - Two major "heritage parks" would
be acquired with $4 million in bonds -
Bremerton Sun
Wild West: Drug Cartels
Thrive In U.S. National Parks -
Christian Science Monitor
June 12, 2003
Okanogan County Farm
Bureau to discuss land, water and rural economic issues
Boeing gets its way
in Olympia -
Seattle P-I
Legislature
completes session -Tr-City
Herald
Gov. Locke sees no
reason to change Clinton roadless rule -The Columbian
Massive fish kill seen
in Hood Canal - Low-oxygen problems continue to injure the waterway's
sea life -
Bremerton Sun
Opinion: Hanford, state
dispute needs permanent fix -
Tri-City Herald
Legislature
approves $4 million to help fund a study of proposed reservoir east
of Yakima - lake would nearly double existing water storage
- Yakima-Herald
Businesses say unemployment
system too generous -
Spokesman-Review
CONGRESS: Bill seeks
to protect sacred Indian lands -Lummi leader in D.C. to support protections
- Bellingham Herald
June 11, 2003
Suit filed over Flathead
forest roads - Counties, businesses challenge road closures
- The Montana Standard
Bill to clarify that taking
water from a stream under a valid permit isn't pollution goes to Locke
for signature -
WSFB
Legislature OKs
land purchase to settle suit over owl -
News Tribune
High housing costs remain
a drain for low-income families - Rentals, housing prices high statewide,
national survey confirms - Bellingham Herald
Health Dept. OKs ending
chlorination -The
Olympian
Eyman admits funds
lag, says I-807 'not there yet' -News
Tribune
Legislature
gives cities, counties right to raise taxes - after a vote
- News Tribune
N.Y. Times leaders
must rebuild trust -News Tribune
June 10, 2003
Bush administration to
let states seek relief from roadless rule -Bremerton
Sun
Yakima, WA: Study Says
Steelhead No Longer Threatened Threatened -
Yakima-Herald
Olympia,
WA: Water law changes could evaporate in gridlock
-Bellingham Herald
Sultan, WA: Prosecutor
to review voter fraud accusations - Business owners in
Sultan say voting in four city elections when they lived elsewhere was
a simple mistake, but a county official isn't sure
- The Daily Herald
Using division in the
classroom - Two Monroe, WA teachers think splitting their sixth-grade
classes has benefits for both genders
- The Daily Herald
Olympia, WA: Malpractice
crunch squeezes area doctors - Insurance company to drop two neurosurgeons
-
The Olympian
Spokane earns improved
bond rating - City's lawsuits increase bond amount requirement
- Spokesman-Review
Ferry rules raising anxiety
- Security proposals could mean long waits -Everett
Herald
Pollution fights
'global warming'? Study finds smoke protects planet from greenhouse
gases -
WND
Klamath farmers retool
acreage, but risks of water shortage persist -The
Oregonian
June 9, 2003
Eyman wants to slash
property taxes -King
5 News
Revived Wild Sky bill
gets a hearing - Environmentalists for, local communities against
- Seattle Times
You, too, can live a privileged
life when you know somebody -Commentary,
News Tribune
Missoula to host forest
health summit for governors -
The Missoulian
Montana: Appeals filed
against local forest plan - motorized vehicle proponents say decision
too restrictive -
Independent Record
Yellowstone Microorganism
Exploitation put on Hold by Federal Judge by Mike
Bader, AWR
June 8, 2003
Nation's unemployment
rate hits highest level in 9 years -News Tribune
Murkowski-Young-Stevens
Move Against Park Service "Pirates"; Introduce Glacier Bay
Bills Seeking Damages for Crabbers
Good
website for information about the positive side of dams
Clallam must compensate
sign owners under code, judge rules -
PDN
Norton Urges a Water
Truce-SL
Tribune
Thieves steal hundreds
of millions of dollars worth of trees -
USA Today
June 7, 2003
Grizzly targets bear
expert's tent -Billings
Gazette
Montana: Students
meet grizzly on way to school -The
Daily Inter Lake
Montana: County
joins forest lawsuit against Forest Service -The
Daily Interlake
Forest activists plan
'boot camp'-Week of environmentalist training scheduled in Bitterroot
by Greenpeace, National Forest Protection Alliance -The
Missoulian
Plague of crickets gnaws
Idaho lands - Bugs click, chomp and romp through southwestern counties
in what may be worst outbreak since WWII -Spokesman-Review
Drive to change city
government pays solicitors up to $1 a name -Tacoma
News Tribune
June 6, 2003
Snohomish County
may ease urban-habitat protections - County council gives planners less
control over development decisions - Seattle Times
PUD delays action on powerline
EIS - Methow Valley News
Clallam County, WA:
Commissioners consider more Charter amendments for ballot -
PNN
Stormwater rules
championed, and vilified -
PNN
Legislative push
on to create Wild Sky Wilderness - The Olympian
The Old Dilemma: Farmland
or Growth - What happens when property owners want to sell land for
commercial development?
-Skagit Valley Herald
Iowa: Proposed Muslim
Youth Camp, Convention Center, on Federal Land Stirs Debate
- Fox News
Water law changes
could evaporate in gridlock -The Bellingham Herald
House passes $23 billion
budget - Governor praises plan as 'responsible' -Spokesman-Review
Birth control may be
harming state's salmon - Synthetic estrogen in water seems to affect
reproduction -
Seattle P-I
Boy Scouts ready to submit
logging application - Neighbors
maintain plan calls for too much cutting -
PT Leader
June 5, 2003
Montesano, WA:
Development moratorium authority now with county -Daily
World
U.S. Is Urged to Overhaul
Its Approach to Protecting Oceans - NY Times
No Need for Another
Fish Bureaucracy - group alleges Pew Oceans Commission engaged in fear
mongering - NCFA
Jim Beers to be on
Clay Douglas Show Friday morning -
from JK Smithson
Montana: Lawsuit challenges
forest access policies -The
Daily Interlake
Northwest governors
meet on salmon recovery strategy -
The Missoulian
Critical win for farmers
- Judge rules against stream-side buffers for some agriculture
- PDN
June 4, 2003
Virginia: A Matter
of Contradictions - Curtail spread of West Nile virus, but protect the
breeding grounds for mosquitos -
By John Fulton Lewis for American Farm Magazine
The Wildlands Project:
Developer Creates an Opening - Tejon Ranch agrees to sell 100,000 acres
for a wildlife corridor -
L.A. Times
June 3, 2003
Clallam
County Planning Commission schedules public hearing for Stormwater Management
Plan
Proposed
Clallam stormwater rules irk builders, buoy environmentalists
- PDN
Land Use & the
American Dream -commentary
from American Dream Coalition
What's in a Billion?
Watchdogs worry as
FCC likely to ease media ownership rules -News Tribune
Texas: Groups share ideas
for water navigation - Texarkana
Gazette
June 1, 2003
Core Wilderness and Corridors:
U.N. influence in Alabama by Henry Lamb, for eco-logic
Transforming America...-
Sustainable Development: the antithesis of freedom by
Henry Lamb, eco-logic
Really, How Big Was the
Tax Cut? How the tax bill frames the coming debate on spending -
Wayne T. Brough, CSE
Oregon: West girds for
water wars - Salem officials question a federal report that lists the
city as a future potential conflict zone - StatesmanJournal
Obesity and Cancer Junk
Science -
Center for Consumer Freedom
Survey: Health care top
need - Access, costs are critical concerns in South Sound, poll participants
say -The
Olympian
Doctors rally
for lower malpractice premiums -
Seattle P-I
May 31, 2003
Creeping tyranny -
Agenda 21 and Sustainable Development by
Henry Lamb, for WND
Port Angeles,
WA - Activists want pesticide use on roadsides stopped - But state defends
method to keep weeds at bay
- Seattle P-I
USFS burning policy needs
to be decided before wildlife withers away -
Daily Sentinal
PUGET SOUND - Orca population
officially 'depleted' - A conservation plan, due out by the end of next
year, will outline how to help the killer whales -
Bremerton Sun
Bainbridge Island, WA:
City Council takes stand against Patriot Act - A group of residents
applauded the panel's measure, which states the city's intent to oppose
parts of the act that infringe on civil rights -
Bremerton Sun
Jefferson County,
WA - Growth hearings board turns back county, mining company legal maneuver
- Shine gravel pit expansion waits for state review
- PT Leader
Olympia, WA: Budget
team says it's close to a deal -The Olympian
State scolds PUD
for buy-back program decisions-Methow
Valley News
Secretary of State
Sam Reed announces election changes -Seattle
Times
Environmentalists
Made a Deal With the Devil - Teaming Up With Animal Rights
Advocates Proves Bad for Species, Ecosystems - Tidepool
New rules speed fire
prevention, logging -The Olympian
Unemployment Insurance:
Will it put Boeing and other businesses on a one-way flight out of the
state? -
EFF
Maine Salmon Farms Closed
to 'Benefit' Wild Salmon -ENS
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