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Secure property rights are the key to conservation
August 04, 2017 | By JONATHAN WOOD
Too often, property rights and conservation are treated as if they are in tension. But, in reality, property rights are a proven means to encourage responsible stewardship, resolve conflicts over limited resources, and empower environmentalists to protect resources they value. To achieve these positive environmental ends, however, property rights m ...
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Washington's supreme court orders a landowner to sell his property to neighbors
August 23, 2010 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION
Author: Brian T. Hodges They say that bad facts make bad law. Well, here’s a doozy. Noel Proctor and Ford and Christina Huntington purchased neighboring parcels in Southern Washington. The Huntingtons unwittingly built their home approximately 400 feet onto Proctor’s land. Proctor discovered the encroachment ...