Times -Standard newspaper in Eureka (California) has an article about a law firm holding several meetings in the north coast region, their bottom line message is that the Federal government authorizing railbanking a rail line amounts to a Takings of private property by forced conversion of easements for rail service to easements for a trail. NCRA is trying to make it clear such claims need to be made against the federal government and not them.
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There’s been a bunch of filings to the STB in recent weeks, several organizations in favor of the trail, Timber Heritage wanting to see their interests and plans accommodated, and outright opposition to the trail from Humboldt and Mendocino Redwood companies, who own substantial private lands along the old NWP.
Jeff Moore
Elko, NV