New wildlife refuge?

[hypocritexposer]

Just came across some more information that some may be interested in

Secretary Salazar Establishes New Directorate For National Landscape Conservation System Elevated management focus for 27 million acres of nationally significant public lands


LAS VEGAS, NV – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today issued a Secretarial Order elevating the Office of the National Landscape Conservation System and Community Partnerships in the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to the level of a directorate within BLM.

"This action reflects the growing importance of the 27-million acre National Landscape Conservation System to local economies, to the health of communities, and to the conservation of some of America's greatest landscapes," Salazar said at the National Landscape Conservation System Summit in Las Vegas. "The BLM plays a special role in protecting America's great outdoors for the benefit of all Americans – for it is the national conservation lands that contain the forests and canyons that families love to explore, the backcountry where children learn to hunt and fish, and the places that tell the story of our history and our cultures. Each of these places within the National Landscape Conservation System holds special meaning to the American people and is an engine for jobs and economic growth in local communities."


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http://www.blm.gov/co/st/en/BLM_Information/newsroom/2010/november/09.html

I've been reporting on the stealth Obama land and ocean grabs for the past several months now — and there is another new, under-the-radar-screen development that deserves your attention.

Quick review: In August, I told you about the "Great Outdoors Initiative" to lock up more open spaces through executive order. This came on top on top of a separate, property-usurping initiative exposed by GOP Rep. Robert Bishop and Sen. Jim DeMint earlier this spring.

According to an internal, 21-page Obama administration memo, 17 energy-rich areas in 11 states have been targeted as potential federal "monuments." The Obama War on the West is a War on Jobs that extends from land to sea based on politicized junk science by executive fiat and czar evasion.

The latest power grab comes via Interior Secretary Ken Salazar — the unchecked, unaccountable data doctor and loathsome cowboy — who has just unilaterally elevated a government landscape conservation system to "directorate" status with no congressional debate, no witnesses, no testimony, no public input.

http://michellemalkin.com/2010/11/22/another-obama-stealth-land-grab-salazar-and-the-ncls/

Looks like the Department of Interior has a problem with a section responsible for 26 million acres of federal lands. According to an investigation conducted by the Interior inspector general regarding the department's National Landscape Conservation System (NCLS), employees and environmental advocacy organizations frequently violated federal anti-lobbying policies.

A redacted report from the investigation includes this zinger:

Our investigation determined that numerous activities and communication took place between NLCS officials and nongovernmental organizations (NGO), including discussions about the NLCS budget and BLM employees' editing brochures and producing fact sheets for a specific NGO. Our investigative efforts revealed that communication between NLCS and certain NGOs in these circumstances gave the appearance of federal employees being less than objective and created the potential for conflicts of interest or violations of law. We also uncovered a general disregard for establishing and maintaining boundaries among the various entities.

http://www.sfexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/The-coming-Department-of-Interior-shake-up-63560737.html?c=y

The Coming Battle Over Public Lands Policy
By: Elizabeth Wynne Johnson from Washington, DC on Nov 19, 2010
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WASHINGTON -- Utah Republican Congressman Rob Bishop is likely to soon become chairman of the House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands. And he's determined to insure that the Interior Department's conservation policy does not bar corporations from exploiting many public land areas.

audio of interview can be heard at:

http://www.capitolnewsconnection.org/podcast/power-breakfast/coming-battle-over-public-lands-policy

 

[Horseless]

Those ranchers in this proposed area are being mislead if they believe they will continue to run cattle on those lands. Wildlife refuges are for wild animals not domestic animals. Too much regulations on private property is often seen as a taking of property, but conservation easements are an easy diversion. Conservation easements are designed to shift ownership from private to government ownership. The arguement is often that conservation easements will only be purchased from will sellers. Tax policies are creating willing sellers. They have little to do with conservation and alot to do with control. Several bills in the Senate right now calling for full funding of the LWCF. This has already passed the house. It will fund it at $900 million, much for land acquistion. It will also be automatically funded every year. What a coincidence they want this the same time the Estate Taxes are set to revert back to 55%. Tax breaks galore for easements creating willing sellers. With 30% of the land in the US already owned by the Federal Government, how much more do they want?

 

[Ben H]

If you haven't already checked out this website, I suggest you take a look and gain a little more knowledge about the taking of private property rights.

http://takingliberty.us/