I understand and what you say is true with regard to the fees being much
cheaper than if you own the land for grazing. But he’s not paying or hasn’t
in the last few years from what I’ve read.
Take care.
His fee numbers are way off. There is no way a Nevada range permit - or any government range permit - is costing $13.50/AUM. I rent irrigated pasture for less than that - and my rent is considered high. I have rented pasture, not rangeland, for as little as $8/AUM - in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, where cattle will do much better that the 300+ acres per unit per year requirements of Nevada range.
Bundy owns the grazing rights, by Nevada law. Why would he pay the BLM for something he owns? He was paying a management fee to the BLM. The BLM tried to cut his grazing rights (which he owns, remember) by 90% and he was told to sign a paper agreeing to this reduction - a temporary reduction, of course. He refused to sign, and the BLM would not accept payment without him signing.
Care to guess where all the ranchers are who DID sign the “temporary” reduction demand? OUT OF BUSINESS! And their grazing rights are PERMANENTLY gone!
This guy is a BLM shill.