I understand your position, however I don’t think there has been some directive from “on high” that is directly responsible for these actions.
That is conspiracy territory, and there is no need to go there.
What we are talking about is government bureaucracy and their ability to define or re-define what and how much authority they think they have.
What we have are Land Management agencies that are constantly being sued by “Non-Profit” environmental groups for not “protecting” some obscure creature that another Government agency has deemed “protected”.
The BLM, USFS etc, are losing these lawsuits and their only recourse is to restrict access to these lands by ranchers.
Unless of course it’s for some “Green energy” project.
This is what’s happening.
Read Rand Paul’s comment at 105. Congress has tried to remedy the situation but Reid who is profiting from the land grab will not let the bill come to the floor