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To: ManyMoose who wrote (1433)	8/7/2006 11:40:58 AM
From: Jim S	Read Replies (2) of 1582

A significant portion of local landowner wealth is the land value and a fair portion of their income derives from landowner hunting permits. While the idea of easements is good conservation practice, it doesn't help ranching families get ahead in life. There was one large ranch that did turn over to the Nature Conservancy, but I don't know the details of what they did. I really sympathize with the ranchers, squeeking out a barely livable income from their land, while the big developers in LA and Phoenix are offering them tens of millions for their land. All the pressures are on them to sell, the county wants the increased tax base, local communities want the increased business, and the "little people" want to buy 10 acres in the country. In return for their wavering refusal to sell out, ranchers get to take pride in their maintenance of a way of life. It's very rare when their heirs can turn away from those pressures and continue on in the chancy business of growing beef. And the Feds don't help much, with things like wolf reintroduction programs, and re-evaluations of carrying capacity of lease lands. Have you heard of Kit Laney? He's a local hero; I donated some money to his legal defense fund myself.

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