Elko Daily Free Press

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