YOUr miniscule amount is up to a million dollars accd.to the link.
Then keep up with the payments. That’s all he needed to do. Clearly it was one hell of deal for many years prior to this. I certainly am not advocate for the government, but I also know that if there is no oversight of such leases, “people will be people” and will destroy the land, tortoise or not. We see this time and time again, where people eff things up if given the opportunity. Government is a prime example!! Public lands, federal lands, whatever. Given the chance, dam people ruin things.