After a cursory read of several of the documents I found this from Appendix A, Public Comment Summaries from the Las Vegas/Pahrump RMP dated October 1998:
LIVESTOCK GRAZING
Comment: Refrain from opening and allowing grazing on allotments purchased and terminated pursuant to the Clark County Desert Conservation Plan and MSHCP.
Comment: My comment here is particular to Gold Butte area which has had areas removed from grazing for more than 10 years and yet there is a rancher that has continued to graze. I think it is a travesty on the public that something has not been done about this. The BLM is said to be hiding behind a possibility of rioting if the rules were enforced. While nothing is impossible I think that allowing grazing where prohibited is just making matters worse. I was told that some of the other local ranchers are angry because they do follow the rules, they do pay grazing fees. I have also heard that because the rancher in Gold Butte has been ignored other ranchers along the strip have also begun to ignore prohibited areas and have let cattle “trespass.” I think the time is long overdue to address these problems, ignoring them only make it worse.
Comment: LIVESTOCK GRAZING: Grazing continues in the Gold Butte region. How does the BLM plan to protect the area from livestock grazing?
Comment: I also wish to have input on the mining and grazing rights on BLM land. I feel these uses are important to the rural way of life as well as important uses of our natural resources. To maintain those rights and even increase them in certain areas. The “cow” counties, and some rural areas of the more populated counties, especially depend on those uses of natural resources for their way of life.
Comment: Please stop illegal grazing from happening.
protect the land from livestock grazing?
Any proper ecosystem needs organic material (such as cow poop) in order for the soil to be improved. That’s why the tortoises will actually do better when the cows are around.