The government contends Bundy did not have authorization to graze livestock on the Allotment after February 28, 1993.
The way I see it is they should have fenced the property and kept Bundy’s livestock off their land then. Nevada is Open Range Land. That means the property owner must fence his property to keep free ranging livestock and wild horses off their land. Case settled IMO.
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My square mile is bordered on 4 of it’s sides by BLM sections. If, at some time, I get some cows on it, I’m not building a fence, the government is, on one side of each of its four adjacent sections...
This is in the checkerboard sections created by the government ceding every other section for 20 miles each side for the transcontinental railroad.
I’d label the $1,000,000 contract cowboys as Regulators; Most of the popos involved too.
The gov’t clearly wants to put the Open Range concept to bed for a long dirt nap, even if they have to do it one parcel at a time.