Selected Articles from the LAND Newsletter

President's Report

By Richard Volk, LAND President

Greetings from the December LAND newsletter.

LAND had a very good and interesting annual meeting at Harvey on December 3rd. Those attending had a full day of information presented by our speaker Mr. Ric Frost of Las Cruces, NM. He presented us with documented information about the agendas of some of our environmental groups. It was especially interesting to look at the map that shows the huge areas that will be out of reach to human population. It looks to me to be a huge playground for the rich and powerful.

Mr. Frost said "this will be accomplished by the environmental groups, such as the Sierra Club, etc. These timetables will be a little at a time and it could take a hundred years."

“These groups are not guided by scientific fact. They use fear to accomplish their goals and they will not stop, until the farmers are pushed off their land.” This is a quote from Ron Arnold in his book Undue Influence.

So with this I will caution you that whenever you receive any government money, make sure that you do not give up control on your land and stay away from all perpetual conservation easements.

On behalf of the LAND board, I want to wish you all a Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year.