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 * Xposted; originally in Sierran


   Yep, Bob Chapman said to Doug Bashford on 10 Oct 94  21:14:00 
      about: Golden Cheeked Warbler....
 
  RE: The Bakersfield-based Coalition for Property Rights, an offshoot
      of the Kern County Farm Bureau working the farmers into a froth
      over non-issues such as bringing the San Joaquin River back to 
      life.

 DB>   I was trying to bring farmers and environmentalists together, but
 DB>   I guess that is impossible now.

 C> It's not quite impossible yet, but nobody said it would be easy.
 C> <g> I think a compromise is to give farmers a tax break if they sign what
we
 C> call a "conservation easement".  This has worked wonders here inside
 C> the ACE (acronym for confluence of Ashepoo, Combahee & Edisto rivers)
 C> Basin. Essentially, they must permanently agree to keep the land as it
 C> is & not sell to anyone who might build in what is a major wintering
 C> ground for many species of birds including Bald Eagles & the endangered
 C> Wood Stork. 
 C> I suspect many farmers don't know such a program is to their
 C> benefit! If you, or anyone else here for that matter, wants info on
 C> this, I think I have some online files that describe this in detail. 
 C> So far, 100,000+ acres in the ACE Basin have been permanently
 C> protected!  Our goal is to get the total up to 350,000 acres, so we're
 C> almost 1/3 of the way there. The "SC Conservation Easement" has played
 C> a large role in this endeavor! 
 C> Don't give up, ;-)

  I wonder if California has anything like this?  Who could be apposed 
  to tax breaks?
  --Doug

... Root cause of ALL enviro problems? - Shhhhh, that's Taboo!