North Dakota Policy Council

Dear Tom,



Few have heard about the Northern Plains Heritage Area, but many are affected. The federal government just gave a non-profit the go-ahead to "manage" more than 500,000 acres of land. Most landowners never saw it coming. Read about it below.








NDPC Analysis: How the Northern Plains National Heritage Area Harms Property Rights


In other words, the NPHF will create a plan (in many cases in collaboration with the local governing entities) and use federal funding to provide their allies with enough money to twist the arms of local officials to adopt the plan, which will contain many land use restrictions. The long term goal of the National Parks Service may be to turn the area into a national park. Property rights will be denied.


Click HERE to read all about it.

Potter: It's a virtual area, it actually doesn't exist


Property owners are still not going to be affected, Potter, contends, because the NPNHA is “a virtual area. It doesn't exist.” Clearly, the area exists because the law says it does. What is unclear is how willing local governments will be to change their comprehensive plans, land use plans, and other zoning ordinances to receive the federal money.


Click HERE to read all about it.

NDPC's Brett Narloch Discusses Northern Plains Heritage Area with Rob Port


The NDPC's Brett Narloch was on The Scott Hennen Show to discuss the Northern Plains National Heritage Area with Rob Port.


Click HERE to listen.

Did the Northern Plains Heritage Foundation Lobby with Federal Funds?


Using federal money to lobby is against the law. Did the NPHF lobby with federal funds?


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Northern Plains Heritage Area's Dubious Process of Designation


Northern Plains Heritage Foundation Director and North Dakota State Senator Tracy Potter organized a lobbying effort to get more than half a million acres of private property designated as the Northern Plains Heritage Area in March, by the US Congress, without disclosing such efforts to the IRS, which is required by law. He also convinced a congressional subcommittee, in 2007, that such a designation had widespread public support, when it did not.


Click HERE to read all about it.

Property Rights Thwarted by Dorgan, Congress


“This is the biggest regulatory taking in the history of North Dakota,” ND Farm Bureau board member Wes Klein said. “Theodore Roosevelt National Park is only 70,000 acres. This bill took half a million acres of private property from Huff Hills to the north end of the Knife River Indian Village and handed it over to a public foundation (the Northern Plains Heritage Foundation). It gave them the right to write a management plan for private property.”


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NDPC's Jacqueline Dotzenrod Discusses National Heritage Areas with Scott Hennen


The NDPC's Jacqueline Dotzenrod was recently on The Scott Hennen Show to talk about the Northern Plain National Heritage Area.


Click HERE to listen.

BS Alert: North Dakota's Obsession with Ethanol


Of course letting people keep their own money isn't in the re-election playbook. It never is. Instead of lobbying the federal government to force consumers to buy a product they do not want, North Dakota's political leaders should embrace the market and economic freedom. North Dakota's obsession with the failed ethanol industry is total BS.


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Cap and Trade's Effect on Farmers


Economists at the Heritage Foundation have been digging into the expected affects of the Waxman-Markey climate change legislation that includes a cap and trade component. They have found that Waxman-Markey would have the following affect on farmers:


Click HERE to read more.

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Bismarck, ND 58502








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