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To: Ben Ficklin

You are wrong - in certain areas - Nevada is one - the conflict between grazers and the BLM is nearly continuous. Hage had no problems with the BLM in California. He was warned about them when he considered buying his ranch in Nevada. He assumed he would have the same, or similar relationship in Nevada. He was wrong.

In Nevada, the grazing easements often predate and supersede any BLM claims. These easement are like any other - they are in place regardless of who owns the land. Hage won the case brought against him by the BLM in resounding fashion. Don’t dare try to marginalize those men by characterizing them falsely. The federal judge in U.S. v Hage slapped the BLM and the USFS down for their mistreatment of Hage and his family. The BLM was required to restore Hage’s grazing numbers to their full historic allotment - which was more than the Hages ever grazed, I believe. They cannot reduce that allotment by more than 25% without court approval, they cannot reduce the allotment permanently, and they are not allowed to contact the Hages directly - such was the nefarious nature of the feds’ behavior.

I don’t know where you get your information, and I don’t care - you are either ignorant about Nevada grazing law, or deliberately lying. And your characterization of Hage and Bundy being without support from other grazers is completely untrue. The Hages had the support of nearly every grazer in Nevada. If the support was not public, it was due to BLM intimidation - which has also been documented.

Most BLM field employees in Nevada know next to nothing about range management - they told my brother that his cattle overgrazed his allotment which is only open during the plant dormancy period. They also tried to claim that greasewood chopped by a bushhog for roadside maintenance was affected differently than greasewood browsed by cattle during the same period. Let me see if you understand the foolishness of their arguments.

How long have you been employed by the BLM?


83 posted on 04/27/2014 1:57:38 AM PDT by GilesB
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To: GilesB; Mr Rogers; deport
Calling me names?

I don't mean to criticize you or the many others here who think reality is determined by what gets posted at free republic. And if you can argue or insult, then somehow that enhances your reality. And the more bizarre you are, the more credible you become.

All the arguments and conflicts on Bundy are resolved in the courtroom. So maybe that is where you should go defend Bundy because the court(s) keep ruling against Bundy.

Call him up and let him know that you are available

90 posted on 04/27/2014 12:00:04 PM PDT by Ben Ficklin
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