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Nevada State Court Upholds Water Rights: decision bolsters Hage takings case
Liberty Matters | Dec 1999 | Margaret Byfield -- The Fifth Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada in the Monitor Valley water adjudication has issued a written opinion upholding the State of Nevada Water Engineer’s Determination Order. The Order had been issued last fall confirming that the private landowners held senior water rights in the Moni...
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Special Report: State of Michigan v. Richard Delene
Liberty Matters | Dec 1999 | Fred Kelly Grant -- For the past ten years the state of Michigan has waged war on Richard Delene, characterizing him as an environmental criminal. Twenty years ago, Delene purchased 2500 acres of dying wetlands, with dreams of restoring life to the land. He planned to create a wildlife reserve which he and his wife could enj...
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Searching Your Title
Liberty Matters | Dec 1999 | Wayne Hage -- Many property owners find themselves under growing pressure by federal and state agencies regarding their ownership of real property. Western ranchers in particular find their water rights, range rights and even patented real estate attacked by governmental entities under the guise of "environmental protec...
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Update on Quincy Library Plan
Liberty Matters | Dec 1999 | Fred Kelly Grant -- In the final days of 1998, the Congress enacted the Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery and Economic Stability Act. It was touted as a "consensus" approach to resolving conflicts as to natural resource uses in the Plumas, Lassen and Tahoe National Forests in California. (See Cornerstone...
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1999 - December
