stripping them of their authority by keeping them from enforcing state law within the county.
Most of ED Co. is National Forrest.
“why would the feds be enforcing state law?”
Any sheriff in the country can “delegate” law enforcement duties to those he “deputizes.” My guess is that these a$$holes overstepped their agreed to duties and were harassing citizens. I’d like to see more of it. BTW, more than half of the sheriffs in CA support the 2A. The bad actors are the “perfumed princes” in LA, SD, SF and a few other places. You know where all the crimes are committed and they won’t issue you a CCW permit. The rural counties in this state generally will issue you a CCW.
Reciprocal agreements. Feds enforce state speed limits along with other traffic laws. County sheriffs often have agreements to patrol federal land to assist federal law enforcement. The agreements are set up at the county level.
I believe that in Utah the State (or a county, I can’t remember the details) tried to halt Forest Service personnel from enforcing state and local laws (speeding, etc.). Court said they couldn’t block it. So you have Feds acting like local cops.