[editor-surveyor]

"How big are these ranches? At least one, perhaps all of Downare's livestock are off his ranch for weeks at a time before he notices them gone."

Do you understand grazing leases? Ranchers that lease BLM land for grazing don't have fences where they adjoin the Fed lands. This is the rule, rather than the exception, in the west. Have you noticed that Hawn is the only one with the problem? The others are happy to have the herd graze their fire-prone land.

[george76]

Preliminary hearing set in bison case

Texas businessman Jeff Hawn, accused of arranging for the slaying of 32 bison in March, will appear in Park County Combined Court on Sept. 15 for a preliminary hearing.

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