Who else wants to run cattle in the desert there?
The 'issue' is quite the opposite.
The BLM does not want cattle on the land. There are environmental laws that have to do with live cattle and exposure to certain hazards on federal land WHEN the government sells or leases that land to foreign investors who want to use it for Solar Power, Water rights/control,Mining, or Drilling.
These cows are holding up the 'deal' that the Reid family is making with foreign investors. Harry himself went overseas to 'recruit' such deals (all legal and planned, and was his 'job' to perform). Our government is trading use or ownership of land in the US to China for all the money we borrowed from them.
Uncontrolled cows on the land requires an extensive Environmental Impact Statement and could halt the 'sale'.
No cows, no problem, Harry Reid's kid makes a fortune.