Cliven Bundy

Two Avenues Being Pursued to Wrest Control of Some Federal Lands

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Regulation without representation is tyranny,? said Nevada?s poet lariat Waddie Mitchell in a recent column published in the Elko Daily Free Press. He was referring to the absolute dictatorial powers federal land managers at the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service exercise when determining how the land can be used, which in Nevada amounts to about 87 percent of … [Read more...] about Two Avenues Being Pursued to Wrest Control of Some Federal Lands

Battle for Mount Lewis Should Concern All Rural Nevadans

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It is like going up against the Sheriff of Nottingham, who has absolute authority and is answerable only to a far away, uninterested king. In May the Bureau of Land Management relented and announced it had come to a year-long deal with ranchers on the Argenta allotment on Mount Lewis in the Battle Mountain District to allow grazing. The BLM reneged. At the end of July the … [Read more...] about Battle for Mount Lewis Should Concern All Rural Nevadans

Eureka rancher next on BLM arbitrary list

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While Bunkerville rancher Cliven Bundy was grabbing national headlines with an armed confrontation with agents from the Bureau of Land Management, dozens of other ranchers across Nevada have been quietly wrestling with decisions by BLM agents that are jeopardizing their very livelihoods. The BLM has been demanding reductions in the number of cattle allowed to graze on public … [Read more...] about Eureka rancher next on BLM arbitrary list

One senator?s ?terrorist? is another one?s ?patriot?

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Nevada?s U.S. senators appeared together on a Las Vegas television station a week ago and offered divergent opinions on the character and motives of the citizens who showed up at Cliven Bundy?s Bunkerville ranch to exercise their First and Second amendment rights. Democratic Sen. Harry Reid labeled them ?domestic terrorists.? Republican Sen. Dean Heller called them … [Read more...] about One senator?s ?terrorist? is another one?s ?patriot?

Bundy cattle roundup halted, but debate rages on

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Officials of the Bureau of Land Management insist Bunkerville cattle rancher Cliven Bundy ?owes the American taxpayers in excess of $1 million? in unpaid grazing fees for the past two decades. That was why they closed off 600,000 acres of federal public land and started confiscating Bundy?s cattle. But when armed protesters showed up this past weekend, the Director of the … [Read more...] about Bundy cattle roundup halted, but debate rages on