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Ranch Riot!! Bundy Ranch Protesters Tasered by Federal Agents and Attacked by K9's.
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Posted on 04/10/2014 9:13:18 AM PDT by Nachum

Protestors at the Bundy Ranch in Bunkerville, Nevada take on the Feds and stand their ground.

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To: Paladin2

#48 on this thread.


81 posted on 04/10/2014 11:42:25 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Nachum; All

Has anyone started a ping list just for this situation?


82 posted on 04/10/2014 11:46:31 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Great vid by ShorelineMike! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOZjJk6nbD4&feature=plcp)
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To: Nachum
History of Cattle Trespass

www.blm.gov/ nv/ st/ en/ fo/ lvfo/ blm_programs/ more/ trespass_cattle/ history_of_trepass.print.html
Retrieved from Google cache


U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORBUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
Nevada

Northeast Clark County Cattle Trespass

History of Cattle Trespass

  • In 1993, some of the terms of Mr. Bundy’s grazing permit for the Bunkerville allotment were modified to protect the desert tortoise.  Mr. Bundy did not accept the offered grazing permit and subsequently stopped paying grazing fees.  The BLM then cancelled Mr. Bundy’s grazing permit but Mr. Bundy continued to graze his cattle in the Bunkerville Allotment.  A portion of the Bunkerville Allotment is National Park Service (NPS) lands which BLM managed by agreement with NPS.

  • In 1997, in accordance with the Desert Tortoise Recovery Plan and the Biological Opinion released by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, active grazing permits in tortoise habitat were purchased by Clark County under the Clark County Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Program.  Mr. Bundy rejected a tentative proposal to compensate him for any stockwater rights or range improvements he might have in his former allotment.  

  • In 1998, the United States filed a civil complaint against Mr. Bundy for his continued trespass grazing in the Bunkerville Allotment.  The U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada issued an order permanently enjoining Mr. Bundy from grazing cattle on the Bunkerville allotment, ordered him to remove all trespass cattle and set a penalty of $200 per day per animal remaining on the federal range.  

  • In 1999, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the District Court’s permanent injunction.  When Mr. Bundy failed to remove his livestock as directed by the District Court, the United States filed a motion to enforce the permanent injunction and the District Court ordered Mr. Bundy to pay $1,377 as willful repeated trespass damages and adjusted fines to be consistent with regulatory rates of $45.90 per day for each day Mr. Bundy’s cattle remained on the allotment based on a herd size of 51 cows BLM had documented as still remaining on the federal range.

  • In 1999, the Las Vegas Field Office Resource Management Plan designated the Bunkerville allotment as “Closed to Grazing” to protect desert tortoise habitat.

  • In 2008, BLM issued a decision to cancel Mr. Bundy’s range improvement authorizations (one range improvement permit and ten cooperative agreements).  Mr. Bundy submitted a letter objecting to the action which BLM  forwarded to the Interior Board of Land Appeals (IBLA) as an appeal.  The IBLA issued a decision affirming the BLM’s cancellation decision on December 22, 2008.

  • In March 2011, BLM counted 903 cattle from a helicopter spread out over approximately 90 miles in northeast Clark County within the Gold Butte area, including Lake Mead National Recreation Area.  Of the 564 cattle that were in locations that could be accessed by ground teams, 43 percent had no identifying marks, 41 percent had either brands or earmarks registered to Cliven Bundy and 16 percent could not be viewed from all sides to determine ownership information.

  • In 2011, BLM [has] issued Mr. Bundy a Trespass Notice and Order to Cease and Desist; a Trespass Decision and Order to Remove; and a Notice of Intent to Impound.  None of these communications resulted in Mr. Bundy’s voluntary removal of the trespass cattle from the public lands.

  • In August 2011, cattle were counted by helicopter in the Gold Butte Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACECs), Mormon Mesa ACEC and Lake Mead National Recreation Area.  Of the 729 cattle counted, only 278 cattle were in locations that could be accessed by the ground teams.

  • In February 2012, approximately 600 cattle were spotted by helicopter including Gold Butte Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACECs), Mormon Mesa ACEC and Lake Mead National Recreation Area.  Approximately 50 cattle were counted in Lake Mead National Recreation Area and 550 were counted on BLM managed public lands.  

  • In April 2012, 750 cattle were identified by helicopter on the federal lands.  An impoundment operation scheduled to take place in April 2012 was cancelled a day before operations were set to begin.

  • In May 2012, the United States filed a Complaint seeking declaratory and injunctive relief for Cliven Bundy’s trespass grazing within the Gold Butte area outside the Bunkerville Allotment, including within Lake Mead National Recreation Area.  
  • In April 2013, the United States filed a Motion to Enforce the 1998 Permanent Injunction against Cliven Bundy for the Bunkerville Allotment.

  • In May 2013, 795 cattle were counted by helicopter on the federal lands.

  • On July 9, 2013, U.S. District Court of Nevada Judge Lloyd George permanently enjoined Cliven Bundy’s trespass grazing and ordered Cliven Bundy to remove his trespass cattle from public land outside the former Bunkerville Allotment within 45 days, stating that the United States is authorized to seize and impound any cattle that remain in trespass after 45 days.

  • On October 9, 2013, U.S. District Court of Nevada Judge Larry Hicks reiterated that Cliven Bundy is permanently enjoined from grazing the Bunkerville Allotment and has no legal right to graze the federal lands, directed him to remove his trespass cattle from the former Bunkerville Allotment within 45 days, authorized the United States to impound his cattle if he fails to remove them within 45 days or continues to trespass at a future date and directed Mr. Bundy not to physically interfere with an impoundment action.

  • In December 2013, BLM counted 568 cattle  by helicopter that remain on the federal lands that are subject to the permanent injunctions.

83 posted on 04/10/2014 12:11:41 PM PDT by Ray76 (Take over the GOP? You still beg! Forget them. Second Party Now.)
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To: Nachum

Court Orders

July 9, 2013 Ruling

October 9, 2013 Ruling

84 posted on 04/10/2014 12:14:57 PM PDT by Ray76 (Take over the GOP? You still beg! Forget them. Second Party Now.)
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To: notaliberal
So we have cows roaming around illegally on federal land with armed federal agents rounding em up and killing some, and then we have 20 million illegals roaming around Amerika and they do nothing?
85 posted on 04/10/2014 12:15:25 PM PDT by lucky american (Progressives are attacking our rights and y'all will sit there and take it.)
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To: lucky american

The US needs to immediately exert it’s sovereignty over illegal alien cows.


86 posted on 04/10/2014 12:18:05 PM PDT by Paladin2
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Fixing links:

July 9, 2013 Ruling

http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/nv/field_offices/las_vegas_field_office/cattle_trespass.Par.0116.File.dat/Dkt%2035%20Order%20Granting%20MSJ%207-9-13.pdf


October 9, 2013 Ruling

http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/nv/field_offices/las_vegas_field_office/cattle_trespass.Par.40211.File.dat/Dkt%2056%20Order%20Granting%20Motion%20to%20Enforce%2010-9-13.pdf

87 posted on 04/10/2014 12:19:38 PM PDT by Ray76 (Take over the GOP? You still beg! Forget them. Second Party Now.)
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To: Ray76
""The way this works, of course, is that BLM runs land theft operations by claiming they are "managing" the land and thereby kicking everyone else off it. They then invoke a reptile, an owl, a bird, a snake or some other animal which they claim to be "saving," even while they are stealing and destroying hundreds of cattle belonging to a private rancher trying to make an honest living in a nation where productive Americans are increasingly branded "enemies of the state." Once control of the land is established via court order or by bringing armed men with automatic weapons, BLM then turns around and leases the land to fracking companies who proceed to exploit the land using hydraulic fracturing techniques that inject toxic chemicals into groundwater supplies (and have been linked to earthquakes). The money collected by the BLM is then used to increase BLM salaries and bonuses.

In essence, the BLM is a criminal mafia racket, and Cliven Bundy just happened to be in the way of their next target, the Gold Butte area of Nevada. That is why they brought hundreds of heavily armed men to a "save the tortoise" operation."

The current Head (Director) of the BLM was a Dingy Harry Lackey just 3 years ago.

So is Dingy, his fam or buds getting a piece of the oil action? "

88 posted on 04/10/2014 12:21:30 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: sheik yerbouty
Der Halbeschwarzefuhrer

I like your deutsch!

89 posted on 04/10/2014 12:31:14 PM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Who but a TYRANT shoves down another man's throat what he has exempted himself from?)
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To: Ray76

Let’s send an armed force to close down a rancher because the desert tortoise is endangered (or something...) The psychotic lies of fascistic bureaucracy on full display.


90 posted on 04/10/2014 12:39:32 PM PDT by februus
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To: Nachum

Excerpt from

http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/nv/field_offices/las_vegas_field_office/cattle_trespass.Par.88349.File.dat/Public%20Notice%20of%20Intent%20to%20Impound%20Unauthorized%20Livestock%20Letterhead%20Final%203-19-2014.docx%20%281%29.pdf

March 19, 2014

Notice of Intent to Impound Unauthorized Livestock

This is notice that any UNAUTHORIZED livestock grazing upon public lands and/or other federal lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management or the National Park Service is a violation of 43 CFR § 4140.1(b)(1)(i) and/or of 16 CFR § 2.60(a) and (b) and may be impounded.

The BLM may impound UNAUTHORIZED livestock without further notice anytime within the twelve (12) month period that begins five (5) days after the publication and posting of this notice within the local area (43 CFR § 4150.4-1(a) and (b) and 43 CFR § 4150.4-2). The NPS may impound UNAUTHORIZED livestock without further notice (36 CFR § 2.60(c)).

The areas affected by this notice are comprised of the public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management and Park lands administered by the National Park Service within the Gold Butte area, including the following allotments or areas.

Bunkerville Allotment
Mesquite Community Allotment
Toquop Sheep Allotment
Hen Springs Allotment
Billy Goat Peak Allotment
Gold Butte Allotment
Lower Mormon Mesa Allotment
Upper Mormon Mesa
Flat Top Mesa
Virgin River Bottom
Lime Spring
Azure Ridge
Lake Mead National Recreation Area (Lake Mead NRA)

Map available at:

http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/nv/field_offices/las_vegas_field_office/cattle_trespass.Par.24454.File.dat/TrespassCattleMap_NoticeofIntentMap_3-24-14.pdf


91 posted on 04/10/2014 12:40:20 PM PDT by Ray76 (Take over the GOP? You still beg! Forget them. Second Party Now.)
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To: Mogger
Wow,Reminds me of when we first joined the Pro-Life movement.They asked us to come to an Abortion Chamber.When we got there-there were hundreds of protesters including seminarian students holding a large wooden Cross.They were all shouting and some were praying.The cops showed up with horses and dogs and Paddy wagons.The abortionist snuck in through a warehouse next door I saw him.Everybody started yelling there he is and the cops started hitting people with bully clubs and throwing them head first in the back of the Paddy wagons.As soon as they left to get more people the pro-lifers jump out and joined the group again.My spiritual friend screamed and the person I was with said he felt like punching a cop so I thought it best to leave.
92 posted on 04/10/2014 12:41:03 PM PDT by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: Nachum
These posts are to preserve info that may disappear.


Cattle Trespass Impacts

Cliven Bundy has no legal authority to graze cattle on federal lands in the Gold Butte area, including Lake Mead National Recreation Area. The U.S. District Court of Nevada has permanently enjoined Cliven Bundy's trespass grazing, ordered him to remove his trespass cattle from public lands inside and outside the former Bunkerville Allotment (including from the Lake Mead NRA) before December 2013, and stated the U.S. is entitled to seize and impound any cattle that have not been removed by the judicially imposed off-date and that remain in trespass.  A large number of the trespass cattle on the federal lands are feral cattle that can pose a threat to members of the public recreating or traveling over the federal lands.  The trespass cattle have also caused damage to private property, as well as to the federal lands and natural resources.

Examples of Recent Incidents of Private Property Damage Caused by Bundy's Trespass Cattle

Examples of Restoration Funding and Viability Impacted

Examples of Public Concerns

Examples of Natural and Cultural Resource Damage

http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/lvfo/blm_programs/more/trespass_cattle/cattle_trespass_impacts.html
Retrieved from Google cache

93 posted on 04/10/2014 12:46:22 PM PDT by Ray76 (Take over the GOP? You still beg! Forget them. Second Party Now.)
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To: Paladin2

Oh now I get it.


94 posted on 04/10/2014 12:49:02 PM PDT by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: Ray76

This stands out as an item of interest:

Non-Governmental Organizations have expressed concern that the regional mitigation strategy for the Dry Lake Solar Energy Zone utilizes Gold Butte as the location for offsite mitigation for impacts from solar development, and that those restoration activities are not durable with the presence of trespass cattle.


95 posted on 04/10/2014 1:00:00 PM PDT by Ray76 (Take over the GOP? You still beg! Forget them. Second Party Now.)
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To: Ray76

“offsite mitigation”

Which is?


96 posted on 04/10/2014 1:03:01 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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To: combat_boots

http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/wo/MINERALS__REALTY__AND_RESOURCE_PROTECTION_/energy/renewable_references.Par.48679.File.dat/Regional%20Mitigation%20Strategy%20for%20the%20Dry%20Lake%20Solar%20Energy%20Zone,%20Technical%20Note%20444%20%28March%202014%29.pdf

I’m still reading it but it seems that Gold Butte is becoming a preserve in order to “compensate for the loss of some of the habitat, visual resources, and ecological services that are expected from the development of the Dry Lake SEZ [Solar Energy Zone]” “The Gold Butte ACEC [Area of Critical Environmental Concern] is in the same ecological zone (ecoregion) and subzone as the Dry Lake SEZ and is of the same vegetation community. The Gold Butte ACEC provides habitat for all of the wildlife, including the special status species, found in the Dry Lake SEZ”

Dry Lake Solar Engery Zone
http://solareis.anl.gov/sez/drylake/index.cfm


97 posted on 04/10/2014 1:17:54 PM PDT by Ray76 (Take over the GOP? You still beg! Forget them. Second Party Now.)
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To: Ray76

Dry Lake Solar Energy Zone Project Documentation

http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/lvfo/blm_programs/energy/dry_lake_solar_energy/past_workshops.html


98 posted on 04/10/2014 1:19:21 PM PDT by Ray76 (Take over the GOP? You still beg! Forget them. Second Party Now.)
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To: L,TOWM
The reaction to this is what is on the videos, but essentially this is a money dispute.

So was the Boston Tea Party.

99 posted on 04/10/2014 1:24:17 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: combat_boots

Carbon credits from al Gore like blather.


100 posted on 04/10/2014 1:29:14 PM PDT by Paladin2
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