The EPA goes after low income farmers in land grab, in direct violation of the Constitution.

[koshergrl]

Stop federal overreach. They use a variety of different agencies and facades, but it's all the same. It's federal control of public (and private) lands, and it is absolutely 100 percent unconstitutional.

"The county is in the Chesapeake Bay watershed and, consequently, in the crosshairs of a massive and detailed EPA blueprint to alter the waters of the bay. The plan, an outgrowth of an executive order President Obama signed shortly after taking office, divides the Chesapeake watershed into thousands of small areas and prescribes pollution abatement goals for each of those areas.
"These goals, or total maximum daily loads (TMDL), will give EPA total control over land use throughout the six states and the District of Columbia that make up the Chesapeake Watershed. For farmers in Pendleton County, the effects will be immediate and drastic. Or, to quote from a brief the county and several other nearby counties filed in the Third Circuit Court: “It is anticipated that a significant amount of Pendleton county farmland will have to be removed from production due to its proximity to waterways and the resulting impact of the Bay TMDL on local land use.”

"In direct contradiction to the plain language of the law, the EPA blueprint envisions almost no role for the states involved."

"According to a 2014 report from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, the bay’s water quality has improved 40 percent since the early 1980s. That’s a testament to the ability of states to carry out the responsibilities the CWA lays out. Due to their efforts, the bay’s water quality is better than it has been since the 1940s."


EPA Goes After Low-Income Farmers In Land Grab

 

[koshergrl]

President Obama Uses Antiquities Act to Lock off Additional 1.8 Million Acres

 

[koshergrl]

You fools, I told you this would happen at the end of his term.

 

[Jackson]

President Obama Uses Antiquities Act to Lock off Additional 1.8 Million Acres

I thought this was interesting from the article..

“Here we are again discussing the President’s abuse of a law intended to protect objects or artifacts, not large landscapes,” said Tracy Brunner, NCBA President and Kansas cattleman. “When designations like these take place, multiple-use and valid existing rights like grazing always lose. If this Administration believes this land is in need of protection, they should do so through the proper democratic channels, not a stroke of the pen that bypasses the American people.”

Richards added, “It’s outrageous that the Administration would openly boast of sidestepping the American public under the guise of protecting these lands when in fact they are eroding the multiple-use doctrine of the federal land management agencies.”

 

[Eaglewings]

Is what is happening in Oregon the same kind of situation?

 

[depotoo]

Put it this way, all under the same intent

Is what is happening in Oregon the same kind of situation?