Want it quieted down...elections soon.....
This is very confusing - but this is what I have pieced together so far:
1) This is state land and a state lease agreement
2) The feds got involved to protect the turtles
3) The ranchers proved that a cow would never stop on a turtle - they see them and go around.
4) The feds take turtles when they are found and place them in a reserve, but it is so full they have started killing them
5) The ranchers stopped paying land lease to the state once the land grab started and are approx. $1 M behind (which is the reason they lost in court).
6) Harry Reid wants the land for his son, who has agreed to buy it and use it for a solar project with China
Once that came out, the conflict was ended.