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The Senate just passed the decade’s biggest public lands package.
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02/13/19 02:34 AM
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"The Senate on Tuesday passed the most sweeping conservation legislation in a decade, protecting millions of acres of land and hundreds of miles of wild rivers across the country and establishing four new national monuments honoring heroes including Civil War soldiers and a civil rights icon. " "The bill would also be a boon for another constituency — hunters and anglers. Bow hunters would be allowed to bring their weapons through national parks when trying to reach areas where it is legal to hunt. More important, it makes all federal lands open to hunting, fishing, and recreational shooting unless otherwise specified." https://www.washingtonpost.com/clim...e-heres-whats-it/?utm_term=.677f46d4c7f9
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Re: The Senate just passed the decade’s biggest public lands package.
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02/13/19 02:55 AM
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Re: The Senate just passed the decade’s biggest public lands package.
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02/13/19 03:07 AM
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First Texas related thing I see is a transfer of the National Forest's 2,025 acre Lake Fannin area to Fannin County for economic development purposes. This is a public hunting area I have hunted before. Looks like it is going away for that purpose. I know some Texas lawmakers have pushed for this for a long time. Looks like they are going to get it by porking it into this bill.
SEC. 1010. LAKE FANNIN LAND CONVEYANCE. 6 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 7 (1) COUNTY.—The term ‘‘County’’ means 8 Fannin County, Texas. 9 (2) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en10 titled ‘‘Lake Fannin Conveyance’’ and dated Novem11 ber 21, 2013. 12 (3) NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LAND.—The 13 term ‘‘National Forest System land’’ means the ap14 proximately 2,025 acres of National Forest System 15 land generally depicted on the map. 16 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 17 the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the 18 Chief of the Forest Service. 19 (b) LAND CONVEYANCE.— 20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the terms and 21 conditions described in paragraph (2), if the County 22 submits to the Secretary an offer to acquire the Na23 tional Forest System land for the fair market value, 24 as determined by the appraisal under paragraph (3), VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:12 Jan 10, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S47.PCS S47 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 41 •S 47 PCS 1 the Secretary shall convey the National Forest Sys2 tem land to the County. 3 (2) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The conveyance 4 under paragraph (1) shall be— 5 (A) subject to valid existing rights; 6 (B) made by quitclaim deed; and 7 (C) subject to any other terms and condi8 tions as the Secretary considers appropriate to 9 protect the interests of the United States. 10 (3) APPRAISAL.— 11 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 12 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 13 the Secretary shall complete an appraisal to de14 termine the fair market value of the National 15 Forest System land. 16 (B) STANDARDS.—The appraisal under 17 subparagraph (A) shall be conducted in accord18 ance with— 19 (i) the Uniform Appraisal Standards 20 for Federal Land Acquisitions; and 21 (ii) the Uniform Standards of Profes22 sional Appraisal Practice. 23 (4) MAP.— 24 (A) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map 25 shall be kept on file and available for public inVerDate Sep 11 2014 00:12 Jan 10, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S47.PCS S47 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 42 •S 47 PCS 1 spection in the appropriate office of the Forest 2 Service. 3 (B) CORRECTION OF ERRORS.—The Sec4 retary may correct minor errors in the map. 5 (5) CONSIDERATION.—As consideration for the 6 conveyance under paragraph (1), the County shall 7 pay to the Secretary an amount equal to the fair 8 market value of the National Forest System land, as 9 determined by the appraisal under paragraph (3). 10 (6) SURVEY.—The exact acreage and legal de11 scription of the National Forest System land to be 12 conveyed under paragraph (1) shall be determined 13 by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary and the 14 County. 15 (7) USE.—As a condition of the conveyance 16 under paragraph (1), the County shall agree to man17 age the land conveyed under that subsection for pub18 lic recreational purposes. 19 (8) COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.—As a condition on 20 the conveyance under paragraph (1), the County 21 shall pay to the Secretary all costs associated with 22 the conveyance, including the cost of— 23 (A) the appraisal under paragraph (3); and 24 (B) the survey under paragraph (6). VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:12 Jan 10, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 6652
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Re: The Senate just passed the decade’s biggest public lands package.
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02/13/19 03:11 AM
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First Texas related thing I see is a transfer of the National Forest's 2,025 acre Lake Fannin area to Fannin County for economic development purposes. This is a public hunting area I have hunted before. Looks like it is going away for that purpose. I know some Texas lawmakers have pushed for this for a long time. Looks like they are going to get it by porking it into this bill. That stinks. Somebody's gonna get rich on that deal.
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Re: The Senate just passed the decade’s biggest public lands package.
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02/13/19 03:26 AM
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Here is another Texas related one from the Bill. SEC. 1120. RED RIVER GRADIENT BOUNDARY SURVEY. Someone more familiar with it will have to explain the purpose and how it effects Texans and especially Texas Landowners along the river. I only vaguely remember some stuff with the General Land office trying to take or transfer land from Landowners on portions of the river. I wonder if this could be more pork thrown into the bill by a lawmaker to get his or her vote, but I really don't know. I do fish an hunt on the river and on public land on both sides of the river. I have no idea if this will change, expand, or exclude any of that.
14 SEC. 1120. RED RIVER GRADIENT BOUNDARY SURVEY. 15 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 16 (1) AFFECTED AREA.— 17 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘affected 18 area’’ means land along the approximately 116- 19 mile stretch of the Red River, from its con20 fluence with the north fork of the Red River on 21 the west to the 98th meridian on the east. 22 (B) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘affected 23 area’’ does not include the portion of the Red 24 River within the boundary depicted on the sur25 vey prepared by the Bureau of Land ManageVerDate Sep 11 2014 00:12 Jan 10, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00140 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S47.PCS S47 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 141 •S 47 PCS 1 ment entitled ‘‘Township 5 South, Range 14 2 West, of the Indian Meridian, Oklahoma, De3 pendent Resurvey and Survey’’ and dated Feb4 ruary 28, 2006. 5 (2) GRADIENT BOUNDARY SURVEY METHOD.— 6 The term ‘‘gradient boundary survey method’’ 7 means the measurement technique used to locate the 8 South Bank boundary line in accordance with the 9 methodology established in Oklahoma v. Texas, 261 10 U.S. 340 (1923) (recognizing that the boundary line 11 along the Red River is subject to change due to ero12 sion and accretion). 13 (3) LANDOWNER.—The term ‘‘landowner’’ 14 means any individual, group, association, corpora15 tion, federally recognized Indian tribe or member of 16 such an Indian tribe, or other private or govern17 mental legal entity that owns an interest in land in 18 the affected area. 19 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 20 the Secretary, acting through the Director of the 21 Bureau of Land Management. 22 (5) SOUTH BANK.—The term ‘‘South Bank’’ 23 means the water-washed and relatively permanent 24 elevation or acclivity (commonly known as a ‘‘cut VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:12 Jan 10, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00141 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S47.PCS S47 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 142 •S 47 PCS 1 bank’’) along the southerly or right side of the Red 2 River that— 3 (A) separates the bed of that river from 4 the adjacent upland, whether valley or hill; and 5 (B) usually serves, as specified in the fifth 6 paragraph of Oklahoma v. Texas, 261 U.S. 340 7 (1923)— 8 (i) to confine the waters within the 9 bed; and 10 (ii) to preserve the course of the river. 11 (6) SOUTH BANK BOUNDARY LINE.—The term 12 ‘‘South Bank boundary line’’ means th 143 •S 47 PCS 1 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 2 commission a survey to identify the South Bank 3 boundary line in the affected area. 4 (B) REQUIREMENTS.—The survey shall— 5 (i) adhere to the gradient boundary 6 survey method; 7 (ii) span the length of the affected 8 area; 9 (iii) be conducted by 1 or more inde10 pendent third-party surveyors that are— 11 (I) licensed and qualified to con12 duct official gradient boundary sur13 veys; and 14 (II) selected by the Secretary, in 15 consultation with— 16 (aa) the Texas General 17 Land Office; 18 (bb) the Oklahoma Commis19 sioners of the Land Office, in 20 consultation with the attorney 21 general of the State of Okla22 homa; and 23 (cc) each affected federally 24 recognized Indian Tribe; and VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:12 Jan 10, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00143 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S47.PCS S47 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 144 •S 47 PCS 1 (iv) subject to the availability of ap2 propriations, be completed not later than 2 3 years after the date of enactment of this 4 Act. 5 (2) APPROVAL OF THE BOUNDARY SURVEY.— 6 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days 7 after the date on which the survey or a portion 8 of the survey under paragraph (1)(A) is com9 pleted, the Secretary shall submit the survey for 10 approval to— 11 (i) the Texas General Land Office; 12 (ii) the Oklahoma Commissioners of 13 the Land Office, in consultation with the 14 attorney general of the State of Oklahoma; 15 and 16 (iii) each affected federally recognized 17 Indian Tribe. 18 (B) TIMING OF APPROVAL.—Not later 19 than 60 days after the date on which each of 20 the Texas General Land Office, the Oklahoma 21 Commissioners of the Land Office, in consulta22 tion with the attorney general of the State of 23 Oklahoma, and each affected federally recog24 nized Indian Tribe notify the Secretary of the 25 approval of the boundary survey or a portion of VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:12 Jan 10, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00144 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S47.PCS S47 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 145 •S 47 PCS 1 the survey by the applicable office or federally 2 recognized Indian Tribe, the Secretary shall de3 termine whether to approve the survey or por4 tion of the survey, subject to subparagraph (D). 5 (C) SUBMISSION OF PORTIONS OF SURVEY 6 FOR APPROVAL.—As portions of the survey are 7 completed, the Secretary may submit the com8 pleted portions of the survey for approval under 9 subparagraph (A). 10 (D) WRITTEN APPROVAL.—The Secretary 11 shall only approve the survey, or a portion of 12 the survey, that has the written approval of 13 each of— 14 (i) the Texas General Land Office; 15 (ii) the Oklahoma Commissioners of 16 the Land Office, in consultation with the 17 attorney general of the State of Oklahoma; 18 and 19 (iii) each affected federally recognized 20 Indian Tribe. 21 (c) SURVEY OF INDIVIDUAL PARCELS.—Surveys of 22 individual parcels in the affected area shall be conducted 23 in accordance with the boundary survey approved under 24 subsection (b)(2). VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:12 Jan 10, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00145 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S47.PCS S47 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 146 •S 47 PCS 1 (d) NOTICE AND AVAILABILITY OF SURVEY.—Not 2 later than 60 days after the date on which the boundary 3 survey is approved under subsection (b)(2), the Secretary 4 shall— 5 (1) publish notice of the approval of the survey 6 in— 7 (A) the Federal Register; and 8 (B) 1 or more local newspapers; and 9 (2) on request, furnish to any landowner a copy 10 of— 11 (A) the survey; and 12 (B) any field notes relating to— 13 (i) the individual parcel of the land14 owner; or 15 (ii) any individual parcel adjacent to 16 the individual parcel of the landowner. 17 (e) EFFECT OF SECTION.—Nothing in this section— 18 (1) modifies any interest of the State of Okla19 homa or Texas, or the sovereignty, property, or trust 20 rights of any federally recognized Indian Tribe, re21 lating to land located north of the South Bank 22 boundary line, as established by the survey; 23 (2) modifies any land patented under the Act of 24 December 22, 1928 (45 Stat. 1069, chapter 47; 43 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:12 Jan 10, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00146 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S47.PCS S47 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 147 •S 47 PCS 1 U.S.C. 1068) (commonly known as the ‘‘Color of 2 Title Act’’), before the date of enactment of this Act; 3 (3) modifies or supersedes the Red River 4 Boundary Compact enacted by the States of Okla5 homa and Texas and consented to by Congress pur6 suant to Public Law 106–288 (114 Stat. 919); 7 (4) creates or reinstates any Indian reservation 8 or any portion of such a reservation; 9 (5) modifies any interest or any property or 10 trust rights of any individual Indian allottee; or 11 (6) alters any valid right of the State of Okla12 homa or the Kiowa, Comanche, or Apache Indian 13 tribes to the mineral interest trust fund established 14 under the Act of June 12, 1926 (44 Stat. 740, chap15 ter 572). 16 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 17 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 18 out this section $1,000,000.
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Re: The Senate just passed the decade’s biggest public lands package.
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02/13/19 03:30 AM
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A third and forth one related to Texas. 17 SEC. 2005. SPECIAL RESOURCE STUDY OF GEORGE W. BUSH CHILDHOOD HOME.
Located in Midland and looking to add it as a unit of the National Park System. Not hunting related.
And SEC. 2504. PIKE NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL STUDY.
Includes part of Texas and is just another historic route of travel. Not hunting related.
I see nothing else that involves Texas directly.
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Re: The Senate just passed the decade’s biggest public lands package.
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02/13/19 05:33 AM
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Re: The Senate just passed the decade’s biggest public lands package.
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02/13/19 01:32 PM
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I too have hunted that little chunk up in fannin county. Not surprised at all that transfer in Texas. It's not exactly the Pinnacle of public lands.
On a good note I heard a rumor the other day that north Texas municipal water district will be deeding the river by ranch over to the forest service once they are done with the mitigation project. I do know that nt owns the riverby which is 10k acres. I do not know the validity of them transferring ownership. Be dang cool if they did though. 10k acres along the red river....
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Re: The Senate just passed the decade’s biggest public lands package.
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03/13/19 03:48 PM
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President Donald Trump held a private signing ceremony in the White House for a major public lands bill the day after his budget proposal removed nearly all the money from its most popular provision, the Land and Water Conservation Fund. https://billingsgazette.com/news/st...urce=twitter.com&utm_campaign=LEEDCC
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Re: The Senate just passed the decade’s biggest public lands package.
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03/13/19 09:29 PM
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Whats the point of posting a link that is locked behind a paywall??? Also got blasted with about 5 pop ups.
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Re: The Senate just passed the decade’s biggest public lands package.
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03/13/19 10:12 PM
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Opened up just fine for me. Just tried it again. Try turning on your pop-up blocker.
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