Speaking of grass, the grazing type of grass, there are still over 70,000 grazing leases. There were 10.1 million acres being grazed in 1976, and 9.8 million acres in 2000.
Who in the hell gave the federal government any say at all in the matter? I don’t see any such enumeration in the constitution. The federal government is empowered to manage a certain amount of land necessary for federal offices, military bases, etc. But certainly not 86% of the land within a state. This land belongs to the state or the state is not a state. It’s a federal territory.
Yeah, and they would “allow” Bundy to graze a certain number of cows per acre for a fee. But the number was totally insufficient to sustain his ranch. And that was the entire purpose of the feds. To run him out of business and off the land just as they did all the other large ranchers in the territory. It’s tyranny.