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Groups sue to shut down all Federal grazing starting with the 1850's historic...
Point Reyes: Lawsuit challenges historic ranching operations at iconic park - San Jose Mercury News
"If the lawsuit is successful, he added, the coalition plans to try to reduce or remove livestock from some of the roughly 30 other national parks that allow grazing, a list that includes Death Valley, Pinnacles in San Benito County and Mojave National Preserve".
Three groups are suing the National Park Service in San Francisco District Court in hopes of shutting down the historic dairy farms at Point Reyes National Seashore. These farms have been operating since the 1850's and the park was established in 1962. The farms have a long history of responsible farming and work closely with the park service and even the local environmental groups until a group from Idaho and a couple of others one local decided to file suit.
I listened to a radio show in which one of the groups project leaders referred to the family farmers that have been there for 160 plus years as "polluting special interests" and says they are "welfare grazing" he also claims "they like to shoot elk." The nps is actually the ones that have to euthanize an occasional elk that strays into a farm as they carry a disease harmful to cattle but this group has no problem trying to gain support through shock value or labeling family farms as polluting special interests. For the record I like elk and cows more than any of these people hiding under the cover of environmental stewardship as I have spent days out there taking photos and recording video of them...
Next of note is no groups around here would lend there name to this suit in support and even the local very enviro friendly audience called in to the show and remarked on social media that it was a bad idea and that it would ruin the history and the area. The groups response was that they have 3000 local supporters and that it is part of a bigger project to remove farming in other federal areas...
How can three groups with money and lawyers start a real threat to ban all federal grazing without any actual support? If three small groups can just sue the govt force studies and closures by slandering and targeting hardworking people; then essentially destroy the history and culture of an area with little pushback or attention this speaks volumes as to how well they have this land closure game figured out. Their strategy is methodical, targeting small areas and groups getting case law, forcing studies for use in court and moving on.
I know this is off the subject of gold but I looked around and there aren't any places I could find to post this as I think it's important to other areas and maybe overlapping land concerns and am open to suggestions as to groups to share this in that may want to follow this case. I looked at farming forums real quick but didn't see this case and I'll make an acct and post this on a couple after work tonight. Also I think it's an issue that affects off-roaders, fisherman, hunters, farmers and miners to name a few as the same groups generally work on these closures.
Ran out of room on the title sorry not best title and can't edit
Anyways the rest was obviously at PRNSeashore anyways thanks for reading. Alex
Point Reyes: Lawsuit challenges historic ranching operations at iconic park - San Jose Mercury News
"If the lawsuit is successful, he added, the coalition plans to try to reduce or remove livestock from some of the roughly 30 other national parks that allow grazing, a list that includes Death Valley, Pinnacles in San Benito County and Mojave National Preserve".
Three groups are suing the National Park Service in San Francisco District Court in hopes of shutting down the historic dairy farms at Point Reyes National Seashore. These farms have been operating since the 1850's and the park was established in 1962. The farms have a long history of responsible farming and work closely with the park service and even the local environmental groups until a group from Idaho and a couple of others one local decided to file suit.
I listened to a radio show in which one of the groups project leaders referred to the family farmers that have been there for 160 plus years as "polluting special interests" and says they are "welfare grazing" he also claims "they like to shoot elk." The nps is actually the ones that have to euthanize an occasional elk that strays into a farm as they carry a disease harmful to cattle but this group has no problem trying to gain support through shock value or labeling family farms as polluting special interests. For the record I like elk and cows more than any of these people hiding under the cover of environmental stewardship as I have spent days out there taking photos and recording video of them...
Next of note is no groups around here would lend there name to this suit in support and even the local very enviro friendly audience called in to the show and remarked on social media that it was a bad idea and that it would ruin the history and the area. The groups response was that they have 3000 local supporters and that it is part of a bigger project to remove farming in other federal areas...
How can three groups with money and lawyers start a real threat to ban all federal grazing without any actual support? If three small groups can just sue the govt force studies and closures by slandering and targeting hardworking people; then essentially destroy the history and culture of an area with little pushback or attention this speaks volumes as to how well they have this land closure game figured out. Their strategy is methodical, targeting small areas and groups getting case law, forcing studies for use in court and moving on.
I know this is off the subject of gold but I looked around and there aren't any places I could find to post this as I think it's important to other areas and maybe overlapping land concerns and am open to suggestions as to groups to share this in that may want to follow this case. I looked at farming forums real quick but didn't see this case and I'll make an acct and post this on a couple after work tonight. Also I think it's an issue that affects off-roaders, fisherman, hunters, farmers and miners to name a few as the same groups generally work on these closures.
Ran out of room on the title sorry not best title and can't edit
Anyways the rest was obviously at PRNSeashore anyways thanks for reading. Alex
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