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Many of Cliven Bundy’s supporters in the Bunkerville showdown last weekend were saying things like, “It’s not about the tortoise,” and making the issue of long term trespass into a sign that the U.S. is headed towards fascism under a overreaching regime.
But, see, it kind of is about the tortoise. The threatened Mojave desert [...]
Continue Reading →Finally a one-place compilation of information-
With all the media, much of it with an agenda, covering this story, finally there is a compilation of facts, and text of court cases on the situation. It is in a new Wikipedia article.
We imagine Fox News and others in the media are pouring over it right [...]
Continue Reading →Let’s talk a bit about the public lands grazing fee that Cliven Bundy refused to pay.
The Forest Service (FS) has been charging fees to graze private livestock on federal lands since 1906 and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has been charging fees since 1936. In 1978, Congress established a fee formula in the [...]
Continue Reading →This is a big laugh, but does have important info about Bundy’s rangeland harm-
For those who don’t want to discuss rangeland, wildlife, trespassing cattle, rare animals like tortoises, or Cliven Bundy’s damage to the public land, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is an impossible to ignore target. After all Senator Reid lives in Nevada [...]
Continue Reading →Right wing seizes on Bundy trespass to go after Harry Reid-
When a local issue goes national, it is often warped into other political agendas. We see that clearly with Cliven Bundy’s 20 years of public land cattle trespass coming to a head.
A cursory search shows a sudden explosion of articles claiming Nevada’s senior [...]
Continue Reading →Right wing outcry brings milita. Violence?
It’s difficult to find news stories that stick to the issue of the 21 years Cliven Bundy has been in violation of the laws governing American public lands.
The lone rancher trying to save his cattle from the “govmnt” is just too good a theme. Then too, they don’t [...]
Continue Reading →Total trespass cattle secured 389-
134 cattle secured by Monday night-
43 additional cattle by Tuesday night-
75 more cattle by Wednesday night-
25 more Thursday night, 12 more Friday night-
On Saturday, April 5 the U.S. Bureau of Land Management BLM) began rounding up the hundreds of cattle owned by rancher [...]
Continue Reading →Popular Lake Mead/BLM desert area to be closed in portions to secure cattle of scofflaw rancher-
See updates at the bottom of the article.
“Public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Clark County, Nevada, within the Gold Butte, Mormon Mesa, Bunkerville Flats Areas will see temporary closures to the public [...]
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With all of the horrible things happening in Idaho’s wolf management, it is hard to focus on other, perhaps more, important issues facing Idaho wildlife. With a deadline of 2015 bearing down for the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to make a decision about whether the greater sage grouse should receive protection under the [...]
Continue Reading →A rundown on the anti-wildlife, pro livestock things sneaked into the new U.S. budget just signed into law-
By now, everyone has heard about yesterday’s passage of a $1.1 trillion budget bill. But it’s unlikely that many people have heard about anti-wildlife, pro-grazing details that are hiding there. Special interests always seem to get their [...]
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