From what I have read, it is not just a matter of paying the fees. You also have to agree to limit the number of cattle per acre. And apparently everyone who signed up with the feds eventually went belly up there. So the fee may not be the issue. It is the legal agreement you have to sign.
I am certain there’s all kinds of abuse going on out there. If they were to walk into Chicago and declare a series of parks closed because of some endangered species people would go off on them. Let some rancher get jammed and too it’s too bad.
My point is that Bundy’s a kook. He needs to pay the fees and his legal argument against not paying the fees is nonsense. The people at Klamath were heroes and deserved our support. Bundy is an embarrassment, despite the fact that I support getting the federal government out of this business.