How many acres does Cliv own in fee? On those he can do pretty
much what he wants. But on other owners property he doesn’t
have those same rights.
Cliven and dozens of other ranchers were working together to feed their animals and provide water through a collection and distribution system they created, but then “desert tortoise” became the priority and dozens of ranchers were driven out of business but Cliven Bundy stood along and kept standing to keep the family business (a small business) going in the face of big government.
This controversy began back around 1990.
Grazing rights and water rights are disputed here but Bundy is saying the Nevada has water rights already and should have the grazing rights, too.
But the feds disagree. Cliven Bundy has sent his 8-thousand dollars in fees over a 20 plus year period to Clark County, Nevada instead of Washington DC to make his point.
For those 8 thousand dollars in fees, the federal government has spent millions upon millions in our tax dollars in its prosecution-persecution campaign against the Bundy’s and their supporters.