Summary
Environmental laws and the right of property
Some regulations that seek to protect wetlands and endangered species have violated the rights of property owners and business operators. The property-rights movement has actively, and successfully, expressed their grievances in legislatures, the courts and among the general public.See the full content of this document
Extract
Preservation acts.
The Property-rights movement steps out of the shadows.
BRANDT CHILD PLANNED TO BUILD A campground and golf course on land he owns outside Moab, Utah. But after he started construction, the Fish and Wildlife Service claimed that the natural springs on Child's land provide habitat for the endangered Kanab Amber-snail. The government halted construction and forced Child to fence off the property, rendering it worthless. Child claims that the effective condemnation of his land has cost him $2.5 million. In 1986, Maine residents Gaston and Monique Roberge wanted to provide money for their retirement by selling a lot they had purchased 22 years earlier. After the Roberges got an offer of $440,000 for the land, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers claimed that the property was a wet-land and that the Roberges had let t...See the full content of this document
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