On February 27th, Judge Gloria Navarro of the U.S. District Court of Nevada handed down a ruling with major implications for Cliven Bundy and his allies in the land-seizure movement. The ruling assessed $587,294.28 in penalties against rancher Wayne N. Hage who, like Cliven Bundy, was trespassing his livestock on federal public lands for […]
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 →The Spectrum is reporting (be sure to read both pages) that Cliven Bundy has appealed the order to remove his trespass cattle from Federal lands in southern Nevada. Bundy says he intends to “keep on ranching, like [he’s] always done.”
He claims that the federal government has no jurisdiction over federal lands […]
Continue Reading →In 1994 the BLM cancelled the grazing permit of Cliven Bundy, 4 years later a federal court required the removal of cattle from the Bunkerville allotment in southern Nevada, the BLM is still struggling to get them removed.
We reported on this ongoing case of trespass last May, shortly after the BLM decided not to […]
Continue Reading →USFS takes away grazing lease in Nevada’s Santa Rosa Mountains.
The Columbus method of grazing, where cattle are put out for months on end and then “discovered” at the end of the grazing season, gets a spank.
You can read the decision from April here.
Rancher loses grazing appeal.
Written by Dee […]
