Exactly. Whatever his disputes were with BLM management, he should have continued paying the fees.
Which isn’t to say BLM is correct in their management, as they are generally pwned by the ecofreak, earth mother luddites. They probably were trying to manage Bundy into bankruptcy.
But not paying the fees put him on the wrong side of the law and lets BLM legally strong arm him off the land.
He stopped paying the fees when the BLM stopped maintaining the land that was agreed upon. And he has kept up maintaining the property on his own dime. I wish more freepers would get the whole story. This is just like the kid who had his flag flying upside down and had the Marines take it. The freepers had no Idea what the protests were about, yet they were quick to judge. This is the same kind of thing. I can’t believe freepers are believing anything the Government is reporting. And why is his cattle being killed and buried? That is good ole fashion cattle rustling by the BLM. I AM CLIVE BUNDY.