[taxcontrol]

Failure to pay grazing fees while still grazing your cattle on federal land is theft of US property and is stolen from the treasury of all tax payers.

[Nextrush]

Their endgame is for the land to be removed from federal control to local control where user fees will then be paid by ranchers to local government.

They are willing to pay, just not to the feds......

[Carry_Okie]

Failure to pay grazing fees while still grazing your cattle on federal land is theft of US property and is stolen from the treasury of all tax payers.

It's more complicated than that. The property is not entirely Federal but is a "split estate." The OWNERS of the grazing allotments have made investments that have been effectively taken by bogus regulatory action. That is what Wayne Hage's case was all about. He won too.

[Carry_Okie]

You can read about Hage v. US here.

[trebb]

Depends on what the deal was when their ancestors were allowed the use of the land ... not to mention who maintains the land.

It's possible the government decided to cash in by changing an existing deal.

I don't know the details - anyone out there with info?