Sentences with phrase «acre land claim»

While the 300,000 - acre land claim has been dismissed, Madison County is still embroiled in three lawsuits with the nation over land and tax issues.

Not exact matches

In a matter of weeks, the land's value jumped from $ 3,500 and $ 6,500 per acre (its listing prices before the syndicators bought the land in two pieces) to about $ 20,000 an acre (the price at which the syndicators resold it to their investors) to more than $ 200,000 an acre (the claimed easement deduction).

The project site is situated in the rolling hills of the high desert region of the far western Snake River Plain and consists of 3 patented (private) lode claims where the deposit is located, 418 unpatented lode claims, 9 mill site claims, 6 associated placer claims, and various leased fee land surface and surface / mineral rights, all totalling about 9,300 acres.

Hunters also claim that some ranchers not only declare their own holdings to be off limits, but also post the Bureau of Land Management acres that they rent for grazing.

The larger portion of the Oneida claim, to the 6 - million - acre (24,000 km2) tract, was rejected by the Second Circuit in 1988 on the grounds that the Confederation Congress Proclamation of 1783 had neither the authority nor the intent to limit the acquisition of Indian lands within the borders of US states.

The Oneida land claim that was once endorsed by the U.S. Supreme Court had sought 300,000 acres.

The land claim settlement agreement transferred to the Stockbridge - Munsee the rights to 1.84 acres of land in Madison County.

Earlier today, Governor Paterson was joined by Stockbridge - Munsee President Kim Vele and other stakeholders in Madison County to sign the Stockbridge - Munsee Land Claim Settlement Agreement, which cleared the way for this compact and settled a longstanding land claim impacting thousands of acres in Central New YLand Claim Settlement Agreement, which cleared the way for this compact and settled a longstanding land claim impacting thousands of acres in Central New Claim Settlement Agreement, which cleared the way for this compact and settled a longstanding land claim impacting thousands of acres in Central New Yland claim impacting thousands of acres in Central New claim impacting thousands of acres in Central New York.

Another Asia - based firm, Olam International, is developing a 250,000 - acre plantation on about 741,000 acres of land with the government of Gabon that Earthsight claims is on high - value forest that includes great ape habitat.

Soil salinity is claiming about 3 hectares, or 7.4 acres, of usable land from conventional crop farming every minute.

In 2009 we won a grand victory for the Grand Canyon when Interior Secretary Salazar announced a two - year halt on new uranium - mining claims and exploration on 1 million acres of land near Grand Canyon National Park, with potential for a 20 - year withdrawal of those lands from most uranium mining.

«Indeed, it may be justly claimed as one of the most beautiful climates in the world,» proclaimed a pamphlet written, translated, and distributed by agents of one of the railroad companies that owned millions of the choicest acres of this land, «and one best adapted to the enjoyment of long and vigorous life.»

Often, dog owners who own a big yard or even a few acres of land claim that their dogs do not need to walk because they have plenty of space to run about and keep in exercise.

The Heart Mountain Trail and the surrounding ranch are owned by the Nature Conservancy, an international NGO that claims to have protected more than 119 million acres of land worldwide.

About twenty acres of land claims the Maya site on this hill.

In response to a rash of new mining claims near Grand Canyon National Park, U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar issued a temporary halt in 2009 to new claimstaking on nearly 1 million acres of public land surrounding the park.

Additionally the Hudson Highlands Land Trust can claim a lead role in protecting several thousand more acres through partnerships with other regional land - conservation organizations — including Scenic Hudson — and New York StLand Trust can claim a lead role in protecting several thousand more acres through partnerships with other regional land - conservation organizations — including Scenic Hudson — and New York Stland - conservation organizations — including Scenic Hudson — and New York State.

Everything these days is sustainable; the company promises sustainable jobs and money while the Citizens Alliance for a Sustainable Environment (Cause) claims that the land abuts a UNESCO Biosphere reserve), that a quarry 200 feet deep and over 2400 acres is going to be hard to remediate, that the repercussions of quarrying into this watershed could affect well over one million people that are downstream from, and served by, these watercourses.»

The claim involves two lots totalling nearly 2,000 acres, and alleges that B.C. failed to meet its legal obligation to prevent settlers from pre-empting lands on these two lots and that Canada failed to meet its legal obligations to create reserves for the Band once B.C. entered Confederation in 1871.

Reserve lands were eventually set aside for Williams Lake as reserves, in 1881; although the amount of land (over 4,000 acres) exceeded the area covered by the two lots, the lands in question were different than those in the original claim.

Long Plain First Nation et al. v. Canada (Attorney General) et al. 2015 FCA 177 Indians, Inuit and Métis Summary: A number of Manitoba First Nations Bands, as successors to the signatories to an 1871 land agreement known as Treaty No. 1, made various claims as to real property located within Winnipeg, known as the Kapyong Barracks; specifically, the piece comprising 159.62 acres, including operational premises previously used by the Canadian armed forces.

Hopkinsville, KY was settled in 1976 by Bartholomew Wood who claimed approximately 1,200 acres of land for his service during the Revolutionary War.

The Alaska Native Title Claims Settlement Act 1971 (ANCSA) authorised Alaska Natives to select, and receive title to, 44 million acres of federally - owned public land in Alaska, and also to receive $ US962, 000,000 in cash as settlement of their Aboriginal claim to land in the State of Alaska.

The new state had been given the right to select over 100 million acres of federal land for state ownership, but the native Alaskans claimed the same land as chosen by the state, a situation that was aggravated by the discovery of oil.