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New information added on September 16, 2007

Additional Helpful Organizations Texas Justice Foundation address Additional Resources “Biosphere Reserves in Action: Case Studies of the American Experience: Published by the United States Man and the Biosphere Program (U.S. MAB, June 1995.” Includes studies of 12 major UNESCO Biosphere Reserves in the U.S. The Biosphere Reserves in Texas: 3. Chihuahuan Desert Biosphere Reserve map link to main page See our Biosphere Reserves Index Page for links to all 12 studies Websites Houston Property Rights Association www.houston.com address Land Guard Protecting the property rights of farmers, ranchers, landowners. Enroll in LandGuard for legal consultations and access to representation by a leading property rights attorney. www.landguard.org address Texas State Legislature link

State News “New Wave of UNESCO World Heritage Sites Proposed” - By Carol W. LaGrasse (PRFA Position Brief, June 2007) This spring, the National Park Service announced that 36 locations in the United States have been proposed for UNESCO World Heritage Sites, adding to the twenty that already are designated in this country. Such international recognition potentially threatens private property rights because preservationists could exploit the designation to stop the use of land in the region just beyond a site’s borders. More on this topic: Biosphere Reserves & World Heritage Sites “Marinus Van Leuzen-Let Us Not Forget a World War II Hero Who Longed for Justice Against the Federal Environmental Government”-by Carol LaGrasse (PRFA, August 15, 2001) Marinus Van Leuzen was one of the rare victims of the environmental police who did everything in his capacity to let the country know about the injustices imposed upon him. Now he is gone, without vindication in court or relief from Congress. More on this topic: Wetlands Policy — National Photo by Kevin Bartram Galveston County Daily News, used by permission. “Marinus Van Leuzen-Courageous in Youth and Old Age: U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Prosecution of Aged World War II Veteran” - Montage of photographs by Ken McCasland, with commentary by Carol W. LaGrasse (PRFA, February 2001) More on this topic: Wetlands Policy — National “Sustaining a Local Property Rights Group” - Barry Klein, President Houston Property Rights Association, Reprinted from Proceedings of the Fifth Annual New York Conference on Private Property Rights (PRFA 2000) Sustaining the property rights association that leads the battle to keep zoning out of Houston involves a sophisticated, thorough knowledge of urban affairs; weekly meetings hosting worthwhile speakers; a regular newsletter; political organizing; and the sustenance of volunteers and funding. More on this topic: Zoning & Building Codes — National “Existing and Tentative U. N. World Heritage Sites in the United States” -reprinted from Positions on Property, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Nov. 1998) (Jump to Texas information) More on this topic: Biosphere Reserves & World Heritage Sites “Elderly Texas Man Now Lives in House Surrounded by a Stagnant Artificial Moat, Elderly Wife Suing for Divorce—As a result of punitive sentence for a wetlands ‘infraction’” - PRFA Update (June, 1995) More on this topic: Wetlands Policy — National

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