[SolidRedState]

There is no reason fracking and grazing can’t co-exist.

[Cicero]

That was my first thought. But the BLM isn’t rational. Probably in the course of their dispute with Bundy, they managed to back themselves into some sort of corner.

[Louis Foxwell]

BLM is not about accomodation.

[Kackikat]

Tell that to the BLM in Nevada...I have no objection to that.

[snoringbear]

“There is no reason fracking and grazing can’t co-exist.”

Agree. Happens all the time here in Texas. God Bless Texas.

[Milton Miteybad]

There is no reason fracking and grazing can’t co-exist.

Or seismic work. Or drilling. Or completions. Or any other activity associated with oil and gas exploration.

The linked article refers, rather hysterically, to "oil fracking leases" and "shale fracking leases," and cites a BLM lease auction where the feds sold leases in Elko County, NV for $1.27 million (which is a pretty modest amount for a federal lease auction). Last time I checked, Elko County is quite a distance away from Clark County.

Also, I happen to have no less than half a dozen leases sitting here on my desk. Every one of them is clearly styled at the top "Oil, Gas and Mineral Lease." Strangely enough, not one of them is styled as a "Oil Fracking Lease" or a "Shale Fracking Lease," as if buying a bunch of expensive hydrofrac services was in and of itself the objective.

[Georgia Girl 2]

So true. Mr. Bundy is running 900 head of cattle on 600,000 acres. They hardly make an imprint.

[Delta Dawn]

Speaking of fracking, price of gas has gone up 27 cents in the last two weeks. What’s going on, does anyone know?

[Osage Orange]

No chit....!!

Grazing and pumping oil here in Osage County been going on for 80 years...........