Many believe tha this is not about wildlife, but about control of the water ( Kissinger said something along the lines of that if you control the water, you control the population.
Some also believe that this is about controling the abundant natural gas in Alabama.
I think it is about the government ending private land ownership, JMO

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Fight Brewing Over The Cahaba River

One of Alabama's most treasured rivers is the center of controversy. While the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service wants to expand conservation on the Cahaba, neighbors are furious!


Hundreds of neighbors crammed into a standing room only auditorium to learn about the Cahaba River Refuge and Conservation proposal.

More than 80 people requested to speak, most of the passionately against the proposal like Dale Peterson.

"No matter what these people say in here, I don't feel the love," Peterson says. "You can bet your sweet bibby, there is something behind what they're saying not up front I mean behind."


Refuge manager Steve Miller says generational land owners should not be concerned.
"Within the boundary we do have the option for fee title purchase and then the federal government would own the land, but for the conservation area we're only asking to buy the development rights from those people," Miller says.

The draft is lengthy, encompassing 300,000 acres in five Alabama counties.

"The federal government does have the right for imminent domain and condemnation but we will not use that right under this proposal."

The conservation committee wants landowners to know protecting the Cahaba is the main goal. Landowners say they're not backing down, regardless of the reasons.

Public comments on the proposal will be accepted until December 6th. Then the committee will either draft a new proposal or move forward with the conservation and preservation plan in place.

The draft covers a lot of information and if you would like to learn more about the proposal go to http://www.fws.gov/cahabariver/

Willing landowners that's one of the things the committee kept emphasizing, however hundreds of people say they're not buying it. "No, I don't, I don't I think when the bottom line comes up and if they want it they're going to take it," Kollete Lauters says.
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[quote]Wildlife refuge expansion opposed
By Jason Morton Staff Writer Published: Friday, September 3, 2010 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 11:43 p.m.

BRENT | The majority of residents with property in or near a proposed expansion of a Cahaba River environmental conservation area want no part of the federal government's intervention into their homeland.


Cahaba River areaThe government wants to protect 280,000 acres along the Cahaba River; residents fear a “federal land grabâ€