Clark County bought the leases and retired them as part of their tortoise mitigation which then gave them leeway for other developments, so they are the current lease holders. BLM is merely the administrator. Since the country is the current lease holder they could bill Bundy for the cattle he is trespassing on their leased ground.I haven't seen that anywhere and I'm unable to verify it with a google search. What's your source saying that Clark County is the current lease holder? Did a Clark County rep say that?
Bundy abdicated his grazing permit in 1994 due to lack of payment. In 1998 Clark County, as administrator for the Clark County Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan, purchased from willing sellers all the valid existing grazing leases in the Gold Butte area for $375,000 in exchange for being able to destroy a set amount of tortoise habitat on private lands to facilitate growth and development. The purchase included the revoked grazing permit, but Bundy has continued to graze on the county’s conservation land, undermining the agreement.
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2014/gold-butte-roundup-04-12-2014.html
This outfit is one of the players that has largely gone unreported or misreported.