41. Ranchers in east-central Kansas have opposed prairie restoration when they have thought there was a possibility that their land might be taken for nature preserves or parks. 42. Since taking the land, they have built one-room wooden houses, cleared pasture grass from the hills, planted corn, squash and beans. 43. So the Convention Facilities Authority, a government entity that derives its revenues from a hotel tax, used its power of eminent domain to take the land. 44. Someone takes your land, and you can only watch. 45. Some said they feared false accusations from people who want to take their land. 46. Surveyor said Clinton asked how the land was taken and whether Nickles had helped the tribe, and said he would try to help. 47. That may mean persuading farmers to use less fertilizer and asking them to take land out of production in order to create buffer zones near streams and lakes. 48. The Arizona Game and Fish Department, because of resistence in rural areas to taking land off tax rolls, has had difficulty spending the funds. 49. The Delawares, asserting ancestral ties to the Jersey Shore, would ask the federal government to take the land in trust for the tribe. 50. The county has contingency plans to take the land by condemning it. |