It sounds like they are just trying to destroy absolutely everything people have built!
I am curious: when they raised the price of the grazing lands, did anything replace the sheep herding?
Sheep need someone always tending them which is why because of cost and State regulation you see no sheep grazing in California mountains. Any BLM or Forrest Service Land is still grazed by cattle. Cattle are usually GPS tagged now.
There are still sheep grazed in the Tahoe National Forest. My family used to have land and grazing leases in the Sierra’s above the Carson Valley.