Here is how it operates.
Environmental groups work in tandem with government agents to harass land owners.
They use tactics such as threatening to declare habitat for an allegedly endangered species, and public protests demanding that the owner sell. This scares off customers, potential private sector purchasers and discourages banks from making loans. Since government entities do not pay property taxes, rural municipalities and counties lose tax revenue when land is bought by the government. This degrades basic services such as education, police and fire control. CARA includes increases in payments to replace lost tax revenue, called PILT, but it will replace only a small part of the lost revenue.