Greetings and Salutations, readers! My Nome de Guerre in the battle for truth and objective journalism is Jeremiah Johnson. I hope to pique your interest with a Montana issue that, regardless of the outcome, will have severe ramifications and set a precedent nationwide. This article covers the CSKT (Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes) proposed water-rights […]
Fed Gov Moves To Seize Water Rights From 100,000 Montanans: “All Surface Water And Wells”
Posted on March 18, 2015 Written by
‘Bird nursery’ at risk unless half of Canada’s boreal forest preserved
Posted on March 17, 2015 Written by
Nature groups urge birders to join campaign to ensure untouched forest stays that way Leading bird and nature groups are trying to save what they call North America’s “bird nursery.” They want the Canadian and U.S. governments to protect at least half of the continent’s boreal forest from industrial development. The boreal forest is a vast […]
Supreme Court weighs review of Army Corps’ jurisdiction decisions
Posted on March 9, 2015 Written by
The Supreme Court may decide as soon as Monday to review a high-profile case on whether an Army Corps of Engineers determination that property qualifies for Clean Water Act protections can be challenged in court. In Kent Recycling Services LLC v. Army Corps of Engineers, the justices are presented with the question of whether a corps […]
GOT WATER? HOW ABOUT THE RIGHT TO USE IT?
Posted on March 7, 2015 Written by
FA Note: This article provides background for the subsequent post, “CSKT Compact Breaches State Sovereignty”. Agenda 21, Section II. CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES FOR DEVELOPMENT, calls for control of ALL natural resources by the UN’s Department of Sustainable Deveopment, through local indigenous peoples, as with the ongoing efforts to remove all four Klamath River […]
CSKT Compact Breaches State Sovereignty
Posted on March 7, 2015 Written by
Note: our heartfelt thanks to former Senator Verdell Jackson, an outspoken critic of the CSKT water compact for this article that will be sent out to all legislators and newspapers throughout the state. by Verdell Jackson, Kalispell Ten thousand water claims ready to be filed by the CSKT has been an effective threat for the proponents […]
Thanks, EPA: Your New ‘Navigable Waters’ Rule Strengthens The Case Against Administrative Law
Posted on February 9, 2015 Written by
When Congress passed the Clean Water Act in 1972, it was exercising its power to regulate interstate commerce by prohibiting discharges into the nation’s “navigable waters.” If a body of water could be used to transport goods from one state to another, it was covered by the Act. Like so many other statutes enacted over the […]
Watch Out for That Puddle, Soon It Could Be Federally Regulated
Posted on February 3, 2015 Written by
FA Note: This Op-Ed appeared in the Wall Street Journal December 7, 2014. The authors are Reed Hopper and Todd Gaziano, with Pacific Legal Foundation. The EPA wants to redefine ‘the waters of the United States’ to mean virtually any wet spot in the country. Earlier this year the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps […]
Proposed water quality rules may limit ag activities
Posted on January 16, 2015 Written by
A new effort to regulate grazing and its potential impacts on water quality has California ranchers concerned new rules could limit their food production activities and yield little environmental benefits. State water regulators launched a series of public listening sessions around the state during January to solicit public comments before developing a new “Grazing Regulatory […]
