He had 1,000 head of cattle. not huge by western rancher standards. In 1993, he was told by BLM he could no longer graze all of his cattle—just 150 of them in the same area, and he has disputed the numbers and charges for those numbers since. A big part of what the BLM says he owes is back fees on the “undocumented cattle” he ran there.
The whole thing is about federal over-reach, pure and simple.
Absolutely!
The question is:
“Shoul local public land currently being used and historically being used for the good of the local community be taken from the local community for the claimed benefit of the national community?”
I’m not asking this question legally, I’m asking morally.
Bingo and also the BLM stopped maintaining the land that was agreed upon. So Mr Bundy stopped paying. He has maintained the land out of his own pocket.