Our History

  • History of Stewards of the Range

    On September 26, 1991, my parents, Wayne and Jean Hage, filed an unprecedented takings case against the federal government.  They claimed ownership of property rights in the federal grazing lands, which the land management agencies had taken through environmental regulations. Hage v. United States marked the first time a western rancher had made such a bold claim in the U.S. Court of Federa...

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  • History of American Land Foundation

    A Profile in DeterminationBy the time the American Land Foundation was created in 1993, laws like the Endangered Species Act, the Clean Water Act, and the National Environmental Policy Act had already been on the books for 20 years.  That meant the environmental community had a huge jump start at destroying private property in America.However, a few individuals at the Farm Credit Bank of Texas (...

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Education

We educate Americans on issues affecting property rights and individual liberties through our publications, Coordination Works, Liberty Matters and American Stewards Digest.

Fighting

Locally: We send experts directly into communities to help local leaders protect their way of life through our Local Outreach Program.
Nationally: We gather together our members to fight in the halls of Congress through our Liberty Matters alerts and, when necessary, file legal actions in the courts to protect property rights.

Training

We train local governments how to assert their coordination role in the federal and state planning process through our Coordination Classes and Local Outreach Program.

Winning

We are winning battles in communities nationwide and one-by-one we are restoring our nation from the ground up.