The first big case to come up after FLPMA was the Wayne Hage case, which set off the modern Sage Brush Rebellion. Previously, it was the Taylor Grazing Act in 1930 that set off the previous rebellion.
These conflicted cases over the grazing leases are few and far between, but, FLPMA also changed the status of the RS 2477 roads so closing of those roads sometimes lead to conflicts. Many old time freepers will probably remember the Jarbidge Road conflict.
No doubt about it, the number of grazing leases and the number of acres grazed has been reduced since FLPMA, but the cow-calf economy in the western states is still huge.
OTOH, there are a lot more recreation areas and campgrounds, coal leases, archeological sites, wilderness areas and wilderness study areas, to name a few. Up until 1976 BLM was small, comprised of the General Land Office and the Grazing Service. After 1976, it has grown to be large
A lot of people don't understand the conflicts that arose out of the Bundy brothers actions in Oregon.
Many say the feds need to give up these lands, but they can't agree as to who gets these lands. Some say County/local control and others say state control.
The Bundy brothers advocated for local/county control which generally means their group was posse comitatus, militia, or sovereign citizens, or some combination there-of.
All western state govts opposed the Bundy Brothers, as did American Land Rights Assoc, Montana Policy Institute, ALEC, the Mormon Church, etc.
ALEC wrote the model legislation that all the western states are using, but Utah is out in front. Utah's Transfer of Public Lands Act went into effect on Jan 1, 2015. But the feds didn't turn over the land, so now Utah has to figure out what their next move will be, or how much taxpayer money are they willing to spend to pursue this in court and/or Congress.
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