{"id":2243493,"date":"2024-05-13T13:25:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T17:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/creek-granted-rights-after-progressive-nonprofit-arrives-to-town-people-unanimously-repeal-decision-when-the-truth-becomes-clear\/"},"modified":"2024-05-13T13:29:47","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T17:29:47","slug":"creek-granted-rights-after-progressive-nonprofit-arrives-to-town-people-unanimously-repeal-decision-when-the-truth-becomes-clear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/creek-granted-rights-after-progressive-nonprofit-arrives-to-town-people-unanimously-repeal-decision-when-the-truth-becomes-clear\/","title":{"rendered":"Creek Receives &#8216;Rights&#8217; Due to Nonprofit&#8217;s Influence, Decision Reversed After Truth Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcreek-granted-rights-after-progressive-nonprofit-arrives-to-town-people-unanimously-repeal-decision-when-the-truth-becomes-clear%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2243493&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chuck-schumer-quietly-shutting-down-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-primary-challenge\/\" title=\"Chuck Schumer Quietly Shutting Down Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Primary Challenge\">environmental group<\/a> in Colorado persuaded the local government to grant &#8220;rights&#8221; to a creek but faced opposition \u2062when plans for a dam were \u200cchallenged. The town repealed the resolution, highlighting the delicate balance \u200cbetween environmental causes and human needs.\u200b The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/comedian-uncle-roger-previews-what-a-future-under-chinese-commies-looks-like\/\" title=\"Uncle Roger gives a glimpse of life under Chinese Communism.\">incident sheds light<\/a> on the complexities of\u2062 environmental\u200c stewardship and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nikki-haley-announces-plan-to-waste-10-million-second-place-means-nothing-nikki\/\" title=\"Nikki Haley announces plan to waste  million. Second place means nothing, Nikki.\">responsible resource allocation<\/a>.\u200c In Colorado, an environmental group convinced the local government to give &#8220;rights&#8221; to a \u200bcreek. However,\u2064 when a dam construction project arose, the resolution was revoked, underscoring \u200cthe balance between environmental \u2064concerns and human necessities. This event illuminates the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/for-younger-readers-the-ny-times-actually-went-to-florida-and-counted-every-hanging-chad-and-concluded-that-george-bush-won-fair-and-square\/\" title=\"The NY Times investigated the hanging chads in Florida and confirmed George Bush's fair victory\">nuanced challenges<\/a> of environmental stewardship and resource management.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>  <\/p>\n<h2>Creek Granted &#8216;Rights&#8217; After Progressive Nonprofit Arrives to Town, People Unanimously Repeal Decision When the Truth Becomes Clear<\/h2>\n<p> <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/aanton\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/aanton\/%20\"><span>Allison Anton<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 13, 2024 at 9:24am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>An environmental group in Colorado has learned that strong-arming policies that are actively detrimental to the local community is a losing strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Especially when that group had lobbied to give \u201crights\u201d to an inanimate object.<\/p>\n<p>Namely, a creek.<\/p>\n<p>As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kunc.org\/news\/2024-05-09\/nederland-officials-vote-to-repeal-rights-of-nature-river-conservation-initiative\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KUNC-FM<\/a>, this saga began in 2021 in the town of Nederland, about 15 miles west of Boulder, when an outside environmental group called Save the World\u2019s Rivers successfully influenced the local government to pass the \u201cRights of Nature Resolution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This resolution declared that natural structures, such as the local creek, were independent entities with their own rights to exist and flourish, like human beings.<\/p>\n<p>This year, Nederland followed up on that resolution by appointing two \u201cguardians\u201d for the stretch of Middle Boulder Creek that flowed through the town, identified by <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradosun.com\/2024\/05\/09\/nederland-rights-of-nature-dam-reservoir-repeal\/#:~:text=The%20Nederland%20town%20board%20voted,on%20the%20creek%27s%20middle%20branch.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Colorado Sun<\/a> as Alan Apt, a former Nederland town board member, and Rich Orman, a retired prosector.<\/p>\n<p>However, the local government decided to repeal the resolution when Save the World\u2019s Rivers opposed Nederland\u2019s plans to build a dam in the creek for a reservoir.<\/p>\n<p>Though the resolution had not been exactly legally binding in the first place, the town unanimously voted to repeal the resolution on Tuesday, with board members saying they had been misled by the group\u00a0and its leader, Gary Wockner, the Sun reported.<\/p>\n<p>Wockner, of course, self-righteously disputed that, telling the outlet, \u201cIf I was concealing and tricking towns, I am a pathetic trickster.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The effort to grant \u201crights of nature\u201d to Boulder Creek through Nederland as a legacy for generations to come lasted less than three years. The human guardians appointed to voice those rights lasted less than five months.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mt0cJNm166\">https:\/\/t.co\/mt0cJNm166<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Colorado Sun (@ColoradoSun) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ColoradoSun\/status\/1789735548145238054?\">May 12, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The problem the town faced was that Colorado in general has been facing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/california-environmentalists-shut-desalination-plant-american-west-faces-historic-water-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">water crisis<\/a> for some time now, and the dam would help Nederland supply its citizens with water directly.<\/p>\n<p>As Wesley J. Smith explained in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/colorado-town-learns-the-harm-caused-by-granting-rights-to-nature\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Review<\/a> on Wednesday, human flourishing cannot be made subordinate to environmental causes such as opposing all dams forever, for any reason.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe traditional approach to environmental law permits nuanced policies that balance human need with responsible husbandry.\u201d Smith wrote. \u201cSometimes, that severely restricts human activities, sometimes not. But once nature has \u2018rights,\u2019 all such nuance is crushed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cities-replacing-july-4-fireworks-lame-environmentally-friendly-alternative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dams<\/a> have been quite beneficial for modern communities overall, providing both electricity and fresh water.<\/p>\n<p>God appointed humanity as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/800000-chinook-salmon-dead-days-release-californias-state-art-hatchery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stewards<\/a> of his creation, and, therefore, those in charge must balance the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-college-of-florida-nukes-anti-science-gender-studies-so-real-disciplines-can-thrive\/\" title=\"New College of Florida prioritizes real disciplines, eliminates anti-science gender studies.\">responsible allocation<\/a> of resources with projects that contribute to the good of the community.<\/p>\n<p>These situations require <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nyt-hollywood-isnt-woke-enough-climate-change-needs-push-environmentalism-harder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nuance<\/a> that men like Wockner \u2014 who declared, \u201cDams destroy rivers. That\u2019s what they do\u201d \u2014 simply do not have.<\/p>\n<p>As Mayor Bill Gilbin wrote in a Tuesday <a href=\"https:\/\/nederlandco.civicweb.net\/document\/113003\/AIM%20-%20Repeal%20Rights%20of%20Nature%20Resolutions.pdf?handle=4171CBBF5196482B9676787C554DD111\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">memo<\/a>, the town became concerned the resolution advocated by Save the World\u2019s Rivers \u201cmay be being used in ways that the Town did not understand or anticipate at the time of adoption, and in ways that could jeopardize the Town\u2019s water security.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Should waterways be given rights?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Nederland decided the creek did not have rights equal or superior to those of residents, despite claims by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/city-council-goes-vegan-hardly-anyone-eats-meal-guests-go-hungry-significant-food-waste\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">extreme environmentalists<\/a> such as Wockner.<\/p>\n<p>The town was perfectly within its rights to repeal the resolution strong-armed into existence by this environmentalist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-ya-got-trouble-_-hugh-jackman-heading-back-to-broadway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harold Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps now the mayor and other officials will be more wary of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/climate-change-activists-begin-untested-procedure-pumping-chemicals-atmosphere-stop-global-warming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">well-funded activists<\/a> trying to influence their policies.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>I heard a chilling comment the other day: \u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>That wasn\u2019t said by a conspiracy theorist or a doomsday prophet. 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Will you <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>join us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  in the fight? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Sincerely,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-45810\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/aanton\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-45810\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-45810\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-45810\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Allison Anton dabbles in fiction, as well as commenting on depressing modern trends and media. She calls the metro Atlanta area home, and when she\u2019s not writing, she\u2019s creating a loving home for her amazing husband.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Commentary: Creek Gets &#8216;Rights&#8217; From Nonprofit, Reversed by Public Due to Truth. 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