To: c-b 1
Grazing permits come up for renewal all the time. They are worth money, and are sometimes sold by the individuals holding them. Refusing to pay for the renewal because you don't like the cuts (which are sometimes very arbitrary - a friend of mine has his cut 80% when he was only grazing 10% at the time...) means you no longer have the grazing permit.
These are public lands. I'm all in favor of multiple use, but have no use for people who believe public lands are for their private use...ranchers or enviro-wackos.
In one case I know of (admittedly 25 years ago), the rancher was running 3 times his permit, and complaining bitterly that the USFS wanted him to cut back to what he had paid for.
9 posted on
03/14/2004 6:49:58 PM PST by
Mr Rogers
To: Mr Rogers
Grazing permits have no value they are paper based on agency regulations. The private vested rights in the form of range and water on the allotment have value and are even taxed by the IRS. Those rights are what is purchased when a federal allotment is sold. The Laney's own easements and fee interest on the surface of these lands. They do not claim the land itself just the easements. There has been a take of their private property through an illegal permitting system designed to force people off these ranches. They are backed up by 120 years of territorial law and congressional statute and several supreme court rulings. yet the Federal Courts intent on rubber stamping agency regulation cannot seem to understand their argument. Perhaps the argument was not well presented. We have come a long way in this country.
Prior to his arrest, Kit Laney insisted all coyote guns on the ranch no longer be carried and stowed them away due to the mounting pressure of the Federal law enforcement. Thank god he did or I suspect he would no longer be with us.
For more on the Laney's Photo's and documents and what you can do to help go to the link below.
13 posted on
03/18/2004 1:33:12 PM PST by
Jane Wayne
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