More than two-thirds of
the land area in the United States is privately owned, with 914 million
acres in farms or ranches. These working lands include much of the
country’s remaining open space and habitat, making them vitally
important to the conservation of soil, water, and fish and wildlife
resources. But,
while private lands provide society with valuable benefits and aid in
conservation of natural resources, maintaining these private working
lands is not easy, particularly in this part of the country, according
to Michelle Downey, a “Farm Bill Biologist” with Pheasants Forever,
Inc.. Eastern Montana landowners wanting to institute conservation
projects on their lands face a multitude of challenges, she notes,
including harsh climates, market fluctuations and lack of skilled
laborers. But help
is available, Downey says, through a unique partnership between
conservation-oriented groups like Pheasants Forever, government
conservation programs and administering agencies, and private
landowners. Downey
will be sharing information on that partnership and the importance of
private lands to conservation efforts on Friday as the second speaker in
the 2017 winter BrownBagger Series sponsored by the USDA-Agricultural
Research Service’s Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory in
Sidney...more
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....."private lands provide society with valuable benefits and aid in conservation of natural resources, maintaining these private working lands is not easy, particularly in this part of the country"....."landowners wanting to institute conservation projects on their lands face a multitude of challenges".......
And a recently instituted major threat to what Private land owners can do on their own property is expansion of the Clean Water Act giving the EPA/ACE power to come on your property, inspect and fine you.
Please take two minutes and call your Congressman asking them to pass the Property Rights Protection Amendment to the Clean Water Act.
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