There is no danger to the Desert Tortoise. This is all a ruse to get ranchers off this land. Once they are off this land, they will not be able to stay in business and will be forced to sell out, which has been the intention all along. And then they will move on to the next location, and the next, and the next, until all farms/ranches/ etc. are under their control.
What is going on here is simply another purge of the Kulaks.
That’s not a comparable scenario. Bundy doesn’t own the land, he rents it. Well, he did, but he stopped paying rent in 1993.
I don’t doubt that there is an ulterior motive and I don’t doubt that there are corrupt politicians involved. The fact remains that Bundy doesn’t have a legal right to graze his cattle on the land anymore.
Does that necessitate an armed invasion to remove Bundy’s cattle? No.