California’s Fires: Public Policy Failure Hidden Behind the Guise of Climate Change

Conservation Easements and Land Trusts, the Ultimate Faustian Marriage

Colorant Systems Help Brighten Business For Mulch Producers

Capital Hill Visit

California’s Fires: Public Policy Failure Hidden Behind the Guise of Climate Change
By Kathleen Marquardt

California is in the middle of yet another record-breaking fire season with 820,000 acres across the state already burned — more than twice the area that burned by this point last year. NY Times

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Conservation Easements and Land Trusts, the Ultimate Faustian Marriage
By Kathleen Marquardt

Tom DeWeese, President of American Policy Center (APC), once wrote that there are thousands of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working with the UN to subvert property rights. Of course, they don’t just announce that property rights are now null and void, because that would create a stir. Instead, they use language that sounds innocent and helpful to our society. One such tool that is now being used to target rural lands for takings is the “Conservation Easement”, and its threat is growing.

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Colorant Systems Help Brighten Business For Mulch Producers
By P.J. Heller

Matt Smith wonders what he would be doing today if his company wasn’t selling colored mulch.

“I’d probably not still be in the mulch business,” says Smith, chief executive officer of Smith Creek, Inc., in Borden, IN.

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News From The Mulch & Soil Council
By Robert LaGasse, Executive Director

Capitol Hill Visit

While Hours of Service (HOS) regulations have been an issue in recent years, the introduction of Electronic Logging Device (ELD) regulations last December has caused a major fire storm in the trucking industry. Read the Full Story

California’s Fires: Public Policy Failure Hidden Behind the Guise of Climate Change

Conservation Easements and Land Trusts, the Ultimate Faustian Marriage

Colorant Systems Help Brighten Business For Mulch Producers

Capital Hill Visit

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