Pete Tomera

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

Drought stricken ranchers call on BLM to take action

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This past week the Elko County Commission voted to send a letter to Bureau of Land Management Director Neil Kornze, an Elko native and former Harry Reid aide, inviting him to come to Nevada and discuss his agency?s recent decisions that have harmed the profitability of ranches across the state. With the state in the third year of drought, the number of cattle allowed on the … [Read more...] about Drought stricken ranchers call on BLM to take action