Website Update and Article Info, August 2, 2006

 

 

The 'dog days' of summer are upon us. Many are enduring three-digit temps, while some see humidities that rival the summer Fahrenheit. Such humidity is great for growing corn and soybeans, though, and word has it that Ohio's sweet corn crop is the best in a quarter-century. In some places, the eleven-year drought is ending, while in others, the 'dry spell' goes on.

Up Alaska way, Ray Kreig and his longtime love Lee Ann Gerhart tied the knot on May 19th. Rick Kenyon, whose McCarthy, Alaska, church, is made of logs and whose congregation attends church on snowmobiles during the winter months, officiated. We send Ray and Lee Ann our happiest prayers and congratulations!

Down in the Sunshine State (Florida), the powers that be have taken the never-endangered manatee off the endangered species list.

In the West, decisions involving rights of way and trout are finally looking up. It's high time judges find in favor of common sense and property rights!

New friends from Idaho and Montana to New Mexico, Kansas and many other parts of America are reenergizing our efforts with their prayers and support, as well as adding their shoulders to the wheel that changes things for the better. Everyone doing something positive is sure to have a positive impact on all our lives!

We're busy as ever here, working on research projects, meeting announcements, public comments, and much more.

http://www.PropertyRightsResearch.org has just been updated and continues to grow as the Internet source for resource providers, students, recreationists, and anyone nationwide and worldwide, with an interest in learning most things related. Have you visited lately? A simple scroll down the left side of the Home Page will reveal the Contents, listed alphabetically.

Have a safe but fun, hardworking but relaxing, blessed summer of 2006!

Julie Kay and Wiggles Blue Heeler

propertyrights@earthlink.net

 

 
What, exactly, are Public Lands? 07-31-06
Sheriff Defies Immigrants by Billboard and by Blog 07-31-06
Judge rules against Florida in tri-state water dispute 07-31-06
Court Decision Lifts Endangered Species Act Threat to Rights of Way Across Federal Lands 07-30-06
Transmission of Neospora Caninum Between Wild and Domestic Animals 07-30-06
Gila trout no longer endangered species 07-30-06
Friends of the Northern Yellowstone Elk Herd 07-29-06
Government considering using ferrets to control prairie dogs 07-28-06
Gardiner late elk hunt to be cut 07-28-06
Judge hears arguments in Reno courtroom on Hage?s ?takings? case 07-27-06
A whole new way to study river?s health 07-27-06
No subsidy provided for killed livestock in wolf program 07-27-06
Homeowners win eminent domain fight in Norwood 07-26-06
Man on trek across U.P. 07-24-06
ESA Steamroller and 'The Great Oz' 07-23-06
BLM Publishes New Grazing Regulations To Improve Management of Public Lands Grazing 07-23-06
Halpers vacate family farm 07-22-06
Wide open spaces 07-20-06
Old sunglasses and legs 07-20-06

 

There are some new quotes at the following buttons:

 

http://www.propertyrightsresearch.org/invasivespeciesfrms.htm "The zebra mussel may be impossible to control and may cause major changes, some of which may be beneficial. Western Lake Erie and Saginaw Bay of Lake Huron -- once clear waters -- became artificially enriched and plagued with high turbidity caused by runoff from agricultural lands. The filtering action of the zebra mussels in these areas may reduce turbidity and restore water clarity to historical levels, thus benefiting native fishes adapted to clear water." Source: http://biology.usgs.gov/s+t/SNT/noframe/gl127.htm

http://www.propertyrightsresearch.org/educationfrms.htm Voluntary compliance is still compliance. - William B. Roberts.

http://www.propertyrightsresearch.org/usdafrms.htm 

"Should USDA officially confirm the presence of a disease, such as FMD [Foot and Mouth Disease], the affected herd and all cattle, sheep, goats, swine, and susceptible wildlife -- infected or not -- within a minimum 10-kilometer zone around the infected farm would be killed. USDA would wait for confirmation before slaughtering animals to avoid causing unnecessary panic among producers and severe market fluctuations. If the disease were to spread beyond the initial zone, authorities would continue to quarantine and kill animals until the disease was 'stamped out.'" - "Homeland Security Much Is Being Done to Protect Agriculture from a Terrorist Attack, but Important Challenges Remain," a report to Congress by "Homeland Security" http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05214.pdf (page 31 of  pages) More on "NAIS:" http://www.propertyrightsresearch.org/2006/articles07/national_animal_id.htm 
 
 
 
"As a teenager, I used to wonder if Johnny Tremaine, Nathan Hale and John Paul Jones knew what exciting times they grew up in. I suspected they were oblivious to their place in history and wished I could have been there to partake in the creation of a new nation, founded in liberty & justice for all. And now I look around, and I see I have the very same opportunity I yearned for so long (ago)." - Rich Martin, June 15, 2003.