The past eight years haven’t just tumultuous for Americans in terms of division, but also in terms of the government overreaching its seamlessly endless grasp on the country. First there was the events on the Bundy Ranch, which drew quite a bit of national attention revolving around farmers and land that that government claims they own simply because it’s there and they can. And then there are things that aren’t covered by the media, like the couple in Oregon who are being told that they need to tear out a two acre pond that they didn’t even build.
According to the Jackson County Watermaster’s Office, Jon Carey and his wife don’t have any water rights to his pond, which was built forty years ago, long before he bought it. The property is located off of Butte Falls Highway, and was purchased by the Carey family two and half years ago. Joe and Sabrina Carey have fought with Jackson County Watermaster Larry Menteer over the issue, who says that he’s opposed because of the precedent it would set. So there you have it. The government now owns whatever water happens to collect on your property.
That’s not even the worst part about it.
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Charge them for storage.
Just plant one wetland plant near it and the government can’t say squat
Actually, in California, it is illegal to collect rain in “rain barrels”, because apparrently, the state does think they own any aND all rain water..insane
Here in Cook County Illinois, the government even has ownership of the rain on your house top! We’re told we cannot collect the runoff in any container.
This is the problem that we are having with these government land-grabs. Keep fighting them.
Get the dam government out of our lives. They go to far.
This is outlandish! I think it is time to get our rights back and to make it clear that whatever water is on our land is our own. Otherwise, start arresting Nestle’s for stealing water and for filtering water that is still polluted after it is bottled. Things like that. The hypocrites in government need to make sure water doesn’t fall on their property otherwise they can be charged too. I have never heard of anything so rediculous. Must be liberals pulling this stupidity…
Time to demand changes…
This is all made up by liberals….their ideas and laws…stupid stuff..
Liberals do the stupidest stuff all the time. Demand your rights back…