the BLM keeps changing the rules - do you bother to read what I write before you rush in to defend your precious BLM?
Exactly what is your connection to the BLM?
If you are a rancher, you know that most of the cattlemen in that area don’t really have the option of dropping their permits - they are not leases, they are grazing permits. Without those permits, they would be out of business.
To be honest I’m not paying that much attention to what you write other than for it’s amusement since you provide nothing more than opinion. I might add that opinion is on a subject it’s obvious you have no understanding of. Here’s the plain and simple truth not all land can provide enough to maintain a serious cattle operation. When that happens you simply reduce the amount of cattle that it can provide for. Many times the land can not provide enough to even pay for itself so you have 2 choices, look for secondary income or get out of the cattle business. As far as the BLM goes I have zero connection, we have zero BLM land in our area and very little in the state. I’m just an old West Texas rancher, Vietnam Veteran, ex LEO, who managed to get himself into the oil and gas business along the way. Please allow me to repeat this one more time. Never get into a lease or contract with the Federal Government, they are not to be trusted.