Posted on 04/15/2014 4:49:29 AM PDT by Ray76
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Cattle Gather Operation Concluded ***All closure areas are now accessible and open with the exception of the Incident Command Post outside of Mesquite.*** (04/15/14) Statement from Director of the Bureau of Land Management Neil Kornze on the Cattle Gather in Nevada (04/12/14) Today we announced the decision to conclude the cattle gather because of our grave concern about the safety of employees and members of the public. This afternoon, demonstrators gathered at the area where personnel and cattle were located. Due to escalating tensions, the cattle have been released from the enclosures in order to avoid violence and help restore order. Safety has always been our number one priority, and the Bureau of Land Management and the National Park Service appreciate the support of those who called for a peaceful conclusion to the operation. As we have said from the beginning of the gather to remove illegal cattle from federal land consistent with court orders, a safe and peaceful operation is our number one priority. After one week, we have made progress in enforcing two recent court orders to remove the trespass cattle from public lands that belong to all Americans. Based on information about conditions on the ground, and in consultation with law enforcement, we have made a decision to conclude the cattle gather because of our serious concern about the safety of employees and members of the public. We ask that all parties in the area remain peaceful and law-abiding as the Bureau of Land Management and National Park Service work to end the operation in an orderly manner. Ranching has always been an important part of our nation’s heritage and continues throughout the West on public lands that belong to all Americans. This is a matter of fairness and equity, and we remain disappointed that Cliven Bundy continues to not comply with the same laws that 16,000 public lands ranchers do every year. After 20 years and multiple court orders to remove the trespass cattle, Mr. Bundy owes the American taxpayers in excess of $1 million. The BLM will continue to work to resolve the matter administratively and judicially. National Park Service Closure Maps and Updates
LEO Probably won’t help. But sending to friendly politicians might. A lot don’t know what is going on.
That’s actually not a bad summary. Bundy preserved his fundamental objection by refusing to sign a new contract.
http://m.reviewjournal.com/news/nevada/nevada-cattlemen-s-association-gives-statement-rancher-bundy
Trying to keep related info together
Desert Tortoise vs. Grazing Cattle
Ranchers angry at federal order to temporarily move cattle from public lands
By Daniel B. Wood, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor / February 12, 1992
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LAS VEGAS, NEV.
ON behalf of the common desert tortoise, which has survived 2 million years on Earth only to face possible extinction before the year 2000, the United States Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has drawn a line in the desert sand.
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In letters last week to ranchers across Nevada, the federal agency has mandated removal of cattle from 1.7 million acres of public lands from March 1 to June 14. “We are concerned that cattle are in direct competition for forage and grasses that the tortoise depends on for food,” says Sid Slone, chief biologist for the BLM’s Las Vegas district.
Under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, the agency is required to inform the US Fish and Wildlife Service of possible threats to listed species, and take protective measures. Ranchers to protest
But several ranchers, warned of the notices for several months, say they have plans to ignore the requests. “This will put the ranching business clear out of southern Nevada,” says Cliven Bundy, a rancher using 150,000 acres of public land near Mesquite.
“Southern California, northern Arizona, and Utah will be next,” he says, adding that this week’s announcement, if complied with, will force 95 percent of his herd - thousands of head of cattle - into expensive feed lots for the three-month period. Costs to consumers would triple.
“These are the lushest three months of the year,” says Jim Connelley, president of the Nevada Cattleman’s Association. “This will make it uneconomical for ranchers to operate anymore.”
According to the association, 12 percent of the nation’s cows exist in Nevada, but fully one-fifth come from Nevada livestock as offspring. If the cows were unable to stay on the cheaper federal land, the resulting market glut would force beef prices down temporarily but cause a long-term rise with the forfeiture of future offspring.
The BLM says only 4 percent of the country’s beef is produced on Western lands. But they acknowledge there is no proof that cattle grazing has direct impacts on the health or well-being of desert tortoises, according to Mr. Slone. To help find out, a new 220-acre research center has been established outside town here to study the basic biological requirements of desert tortoises.
The center was established in a negotiated settlement with developers in 1990. The developers had sued the BLM in 1990 after the tortoise’s listing halted construction in several major expansion projects.
A 400,000-acre tortoise preserve was also established on BLM lands that year through a short-term habitat-conservation plan with Clark County, Las Vegas, and the city of Henderson. The purpose is to set aside public lands for tortoises in exchange for the continued development of the Las Vegas valley. Cattle affect habitat
“In five years, we will better be able to demonstrate the effects [on tortoises] of grazing,” says Slone. Besides eating plants that tortoises need, cattle trample the soil, affecting its ability to hold moisture for vegetation. They also impact the burrowing habits of tortoises, who sleep underground eight months of the year.
Cross reference to March 5, 2015 thread
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