"There are several steps an owner can take to prevent a neighbor from gaining a legal claim to your property.
1. Grant Permission
One effective way to thwart a possible claim for adverse possession or easement by prescription is to give permission to use a portion of your land. To be safe, put the permission in writing and obtain your neighbor’s signature as an acknowledgement.
well,DannyTN, I’m no lawyer, I’m just someone who likes to throw questions up against the wall and see what sticks, but it seems to me the BLM withdrew permission when they sold the grazing rights to Nevada in 1996. And Nevada refused to grant permission when they retired the grazing rights in 1998.
Bundy continued to occupy without permission (”hostile” posssession in plain sight) from 1998 to present. That’s more than 10 years without it being legally contested. I think he’s golden on claiming owership of the entire range his cows are occupying. But again, I’m not a lawyer.