House GOP Probes Secret Biden-Era Deal That Forced Out Family Ranches
A House panel is investigating green groups behind a last-minute sue-and-settle scheme.
by Thomas Catenacci Apr 10, 2025
A top House panel that oversees public land policies is investigating five green groups that brokered a settlement with federal officials in the waning days of the Biden administration, forcing family-owned ranches to vacate their leases on federal property over environmental concerns, the Washington Free Beacon has learned. [emphasis, links added]
Under the January 2025 settlement between the green groups, owners of 11 multigenerational ranches, and the National Park Service, 12 of the 14 existing organic dairies and cattle ranches located across Point Reyes National Seashore in northern California will be abandoned by early 2026.
The agreement was made possible by the Nature Conservancy, a Virginia-based group that financed the agreement and will pay the ranchers an undisclosed sum of money.
The settlement is the culmination of a lawsuit the green groups in question filed against the National Park Service in 2022.
https://climatechangedispatch.com/house-gop-probes-secret-biden-era-deal-that-forced-out-family-ranches/
