I believe wildlife will benefit as a result, ... finds the appropriate balance by both defending endangered wildlife and protecting the property rights of landowners.
Quotes about landowners (16 Quotes)
I'm greatly concerned with the cavalier attitude of this Darby Accord with making these plans while ignoring the landowners. I'm glad you are finally taking into account the thoughts of the landowners.
While Congress can't overturn the Supreme Court, we can provide carrots and sticks to prevent local governments from unfairly taking property from landowners.
One reason for fewer complaints is that the outreach to commercial agriculture has been effective in providing technical assistance and other information on good resource management to landowners.
ESA-related costs are paid in an inequitable way. Although Congress determined in 1973 that the preservation of endangered species was in the interest of the U. S. as a whole, Congress did not arrange for the nation as a whole to bear the costs of recovery. Instead, these costs are largely borne by the private landowners on whose property rare species are found, regardless of the ability of any particular landowner to bear these costs.
France's argument that the CAP is used primarily to support its small farmers rings hollow. Europe's regime of farm subsidies goes to the wealthiest landowners and destroys the livelihoods of poor farmers.
Our concern with that change is it sets up an adversarial system. We know there are appraisers who testify for landowners and some for condemning parties. They may see their role differently under this, as an advocate rather than a neutral party serving the court.
The landowners said the bears were acting aggressively. They weren't prosecuted and after a wildlife officer talked to them about bear behavior, they were repentant.
Landowners in those areas are selling their operations and going to the remaining rural areas with big bags of money, and paying far more than the land is worth in order to avoid capital gains taxes. It really hurts younger people's ability to get into agriculture.
Especially with the predators, one of the things that gets these programs going on a local level is for our land management agencies to build partnerships with surrounding communities and landowners.
Here you have groups representing more landowners than the other groups combined and they support the bill, so there must be the right balance still in this bill.
Ranchers need clean water for their stock, farmers need it for their crops, every employer needs it to stay in business, and every living thing needs it for life... The law needs to be clear to protect water quality and the rights of landowners.
We would like to extend our appreciation to the cooperating landowners and the agencies that have provided additional funding to make this project a success so far, ... We are also looking for landowners who are interested in funding for projects to repair the shoreline of Elm Lake itself, or its many tributaries that may have been damaged by heavy rains in May and June.
No additional requirements are imposed on landowners and this board is not given any powers or authority other than to decide which projects meet the specified criteria.
In some areas of the state, it was enthusiastically pursued and landowners realized it could help improve conditions as well as their bottom line. In other areas, it was fought tooth and nail. There were many questions about how our program would affect an operator's ability to make a living.
An angle people don't always think of, is the economic and environmental damage the reservoir is already doing. Landowners don't know whether to build barns, fences, houses that might be inundated, whether to plant trees that might never be harvested. So they're not maximizing the economic use of the land. They don't know whether they'll be able to leave their family ranch to their children, so their children must try and plan their lives with a huge uncertainty. Some people have already clear-cut land because they're afraid they won't get the value of their trees if their land is condemned.