And as to these agreements between land owners and various entities...conservation easements.....when we had a ranch in Montana, they tried pushing these conservations easments onto us, too.....and when you got down into the neat little details, you found out if your barn burned down, you could replace--so it looked and was exactly as it was when you signed the easement....ditto fences, yada yada yada.
I do not trust fedgov employees to do the right thing.....talking about computer models--computers are only as good as the garbage that is put in them.
It isn't just the lynx story that makes one leery of fedgov employees....what about the IRS giving slavery credits?
And as to Congress writing good bills....yeah, right....NOT.....they can put all they want in them, after the hearings--things which would thrill you to death--and then when they get to the floor, the heart is ripped out....or when it goes to the other side, it is ripped out....and then the bastards get together for one of their special committees and they can re-write the whole thing--I know, I know....they're not supposed to--but hell, they aren't suppposed to rip the Constitution apart, either....but they do....anyhow.....once they have their rewritten bill each chamber votes it up or down.
As stoopid as most legislators are, they don't bother to read the bill....they just think "environment"--good and vote for it.
When you have representatives/senators willing to vote that the fedgov can take a third of your land before it qualifies as affecting your value and therefore entitling you to some sort of payment....and all in the name of the environment, mind you.......worry bout the LIBERTY TREE!
How do we do that, Rowdee? Business is good for them and I don't see them declaring bankruptcy anytime soon. How do we stop them?