Emily Camp is a gold mining camp in the Kalmiopsis Wilderness. It's the only remaining tract of private property in the Kalimiopsis. Environmental groups, who object to any mining activity within the borders of the wilderness, want to shut it down. This 12-episode series explores the history of Emily Camp, the present day activities that go on there, and the ongoing battles between the property owners and the environmentalists and government agencies that act on the environmentalists' behalf.
This one-hour program looks at how responsible forest management is important for healthy forests, how the timber industry benefits the local economy, and the consequences of its decline.
Everything that is produced ultimately comes from the earth. If it isn't grown, it's mined. This program includes interviews with miners and geologists, discussing the types of minerals found in Oregon, their uses in our daily lives, and the impacts of state regulations and federal land withdrawals on the mining industry. It also includes demonstrations of gold panning and highbanking.
A plethora of conflicting environmental and land use laws, at the federal, state, and local levels, are driving farmers out of business. This program includes interviews with farmers and ranchers about the effects of overregulation on their lives and livelihoods.
Ward and Jennie Ockenden own 158 acres of land that was arbitrarily rezoned from 5-acre Residential to Woodlot Resource when Josephine county drew up its Comprehensive Plan to comply with SB 100. Subsequent soil analysis determined the land is not suitable for either forestry or farming. The county acknowledged the misclassification and reverted the property to its original zoning, but local land use activists appealed to LUBA on a technicality. The Ockendens have been fighting government bureaucracy and local land use activists for 17 years to get their property restored to its original zoning. This program includes interviews with the Ockendens, a land use consultant, two former Josephine County Commissioners, and the Josephine County Counsel.
In Citizens for Constitutional Fairness v. Jackson County, 22 plaintiffs claimed that their Measure 37 waivers were contracts, entered into by the county in good faith, and that the subsequent passage of new legislation could not void an existing contract. U.S. District Court Judge Owen Panner agreed. In this program, four of these Measure 37 claimants are interviewed, along with the attorneys who represented them.
Gold Ray was the first hydroelectric plant in Oregon, built in 1903-1904. At the time, nobody could imagine any use for all the electricity it would generate. As soon as electricity became available, however, demand skyrocketed. By 1920, four other dams had been built, with much greater capacity. Gold Ray remained in operation until 1972, but it was never considered cost effective to upgrade it. So it sat on the Rogue River for 107 years, like a time capsule, preserving the cutting edge technology from the turn of the last century. In 2010, the dam was removed, and the historic powerhouse was demolished.
These videos show the effects of overregulation on the timber, mining, and farming industries, and on the erosion of private property rights in the state of Oregon, where centralized land use planning wages an ongoing campaign to strip away the rights of property ownership.
All industry is dependent on natural resources. Everything that's produced ultimately comes from the earth, through mining, timber, or agriculture. When the extraction and production of natural resources is thwarted by overregulation, the very foundation of our economy is cut away from under us. To have a thriving economy, we must produce. To produce, we need to use our resources.
Government exists to protect our rights. When government starts chipping away at the very rights it's intended to protect, the citizens need to take back control and limit the powers of government.
These videos show the effects of overregulation on the timber, mining, and farming industries, and on the erosion of private property rights in the state o...
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