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wolfbait:
Monday, February 25,2008
Y2Y is no joke
Y2Y land grab bill hearing Feb. 27
Legislation to authorize the creation of the Yukon
to Yellowstone wildlife corridor (Y2Y) that would engulf
2,000 miles of land is scheduled for a public hearing in
Olympia, Washington, on Wednesday, February 27th at
1 :30 p.m. in the House Agriculture and Natural Resources
Committee.
Rep. Joel Kretz opposes the legislation and is hoping
7th District residents will show up in force to voice their
opposition.
The massive Yukon to Yellowstone land grab bill
(Senate Bill 5318) would require U.S. Fish and Wildlife
officials to work with their Canadian counterparts to
protect a massive wildlife corridor known as the Yukon
to Yellowstone Eco-Region. The 2,000-mile-long swath
includes the entire northeast corner of Washington,
most of Idaho and much of Montana.
"This isn't a joke. This is the 1-5 corridor crowd's
idea of 'one Washington'," said Kretz, R-Wauconda.
"Environmental groups were in Olympia this year asking
for money to buy land as one part of the two-part approach
to the Y2Y corridor. Seventh District folks need to be
here, too. I'm very concerned that if lawmakers don't
hear from anyone but me and the other lawmakers in
the district, the bill might get to the governor's desk. It
would be devastating to all of us. Once the out-of-town
environmental groups own the district, they'll tell us what
we can and can't do on our land, and property values will
plummet."
Kretz believes the corridor's creation would
strangle rural communities with new regulations and run
families off their lands out of their homes.
"A vast series of new land regulations will be
imposed to control land use, jeopardizing private property
rights and economic growth," he said. "'As a rancher,
how will I comply with possible new regulations on how
I can graze cattle? And, how will I protect my family,
pets and livestock from dangerous predators once all the
protections are put in place? This plan is nuts."
http://www.glasgowmontana.com/geg/02252008.pdf
With Defenders of Wildlife running WDFW and the lack of management of predators it would appear that Y2Y is still on the burner.
Axle:
--- Quote ---why not share the love in King and Pierce counties?”
--- End quote ---
Why? Because the deptmnt of fish and wolves isn't interested in an empty county. They let cougars eat up most of the animals in these counties. Would you buy into such a mess after that? I sure wouldn't! There are places on the east side that still have a few animals left in them that aren't hanging out in town or on private 'un-huntable' land. Most of the elk on the wet side are hanging out on private land and in towns due to predators.
Besides, King county is making as much as possible into parks. These parks are closed to hunting too. One section at a time. One rule at a time.
These areas that still contain a few critters should be Cedar county, but due to a corrupt government in King county, we are still not annexed. I guess you might have to live here to know about this part of what I'm saying. King county has been extremely corrupt for a long time now. Very sad!
bearpaw:
Joel Kretz is a very good man and very representative of our district. He stays in close contact with his constituents and listens to our input. One of the big problems is that our counties are heavy with public land (no tax base) and to keep taking land from the limited private land tax base is like robbing these counties of badly needed revenue for basic services.
Another point I want to make, how many of you want to hunt private land instead of poorly managed public land. I hear it all the time how the hunting is so much better on private land and I agree. 20 years ago I outfitted hunters almost exclusively on public land, but the management has been so poor, now we outfit almost exclusively on private land here in WA. Supply and demand dictates that the cost to hunt private land will increase even more rapidly as more private lands are converted to public lands.
Okano-gun:
I don't know about federal land but the WDFW does pay In leiu Money to counties for the property in these counties because they are not on the tax rolls. In most cases the In leiu money is more than what the county would recieve if the property was on the tax rolls.
yelp:
--- Quote from: Okano-gun on January 23, 2010, 10:20:01 PM ---I don't know about federal land but the WDFW does pay In leiu Money to counties for the property in these counties because they are not on the tax rolls. In most cases the In leiu money is more than what the county would recieve if the property was on the tax rolls.
--- End quote ---
This is true. Counties receive payments in lieu of taxes from the state (i.e. wdfw) and they are supposed to be divided amongst the taxing districts. I don't think the tribes do this? or other federal agencies for that matter..I could be wrong.
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