Background on The Wildlands Project

Rural landowners who desire to use their own property are shocked when they learn new regulations increasingly restrict them from doing almost anything. These regulations ostensibly protect endangered species, viewsheds, open space, or a host of other reasons for limiting the owners rights to use their land. Although the environment and society allegedly benefit from […]

Rural landowners who desire to use their own property are shocked when they learn new regulations increasingly restrict them from doing almost anything. These regulations ostensibly protect endangered species, viewsheds, open space, or a host of other reasons for...

Wildlands Project update (1997)

Wildlands Project UpdateSeptember 1997 – from Freedom.org When The Wildlands Project first appeared in the 1992 Special Issue of Wild Earth, it made barely a ripple in the environmental community or the property rights community. Environmentalists thought the plan too radical, property rights advocates thought the plan laughable. By and large, the plan never gained […]

Wildlands Project UpdateSeptember 1997 – from Freedom.org When The Wildlands Project first appeared in the 1992 Special Issue of Wild Earth, it made barely a ripple in the environmental community or the property rights community. Environmentalists thought the...

UN Biodiversity Treaty and The Wildlands Project

How the Convention on Biodiversity was defeated © Copyright Sovereignty International, Inc., 1998 On June 29, 1994, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved the ratification of the Convention on Biological Diversity (Biodiversity Treaty) by a vote of 16 to 3. Only Senators Helms, Pressler, and Coverdell voted no. Three months later, on September 30, Senate […]

How the Convention on Biodiversity was defeated © Copyright Sovereignty International, Inc., 1998 On June 29, 1994, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved the ratification of the Convention on Biological Diversity (Biodiversity Treaty) by a vote of 16 to 3....

Technical Review of The Wildlands Project – 2002

TECHNICAL REVIEW OF THE WILDLANDS PROJECT AND HOW IT IS AFFECTING THE MANAGEMENT OF STATE, FEDERAL AND PRIVATE LANDS IN THE UNITED STATES by Tom McDonnell from No Darby Refuge written in April 2002 This review details much of the structure and objectives of the Wildlands Project. During the past several years, resource industries, state […]

TECHNICAL REVIEW OF THE WILDLANDS PROJECT AND HOW IT IS AFFECTING THE MANAGEMENT OF STATE, FEDERAL AND PRIVATE LANDS IN THE UNITED STATES by Tom McDonnell from No Darby Refuge written in April 2002 This review details much of the structure and objectives of the...