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Agricultural groups push Congress to allow landowners to terminate perpetual USFWS easements; Senate committee endorses resolution
Summary
A concurrent resolution urging Congress to permit landowners to terminate perpetual easements held by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service drew broad support from commodity groups and farm organizations; conservation advocates opposed outright termination and urged negotiated solutions.
Senator who presented Senate Concurrent Resolution 4002 told the committee the measure urges Congress to allow landowners to terminate perpetual easements held by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in North Dakota. He described easements that in some cases were acquired decades ago for nominal payments and which, he said, in practice restrict land management "forever." He recounted an example of a relative's easement bought for $680 in 1970 and said easements can…
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