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'Trespass Cattle': One of the Latest Theories on the Bundy Ranch and the Feds
[The Blaze] Allegations that the so-called "land grab" showdown between the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and Nevada rancher Not nearly close enough in my view. The Bureau of Land Management has begun to round up what they call "trespass cattle" that rancher Cliven Bundy has been grazing in the Gold Butte area 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas. But now, a new claim regarding what may have led to the tense standoff is starting to gain traction. The latest theory on what may have provoked the armed showdown between Bundy and federal agents involves the Bureau of Land Management at one point referring on its website to "trespass cattle" in the Gold Butte area, the same area that the federal government and the 67-year-old rancher have battled over for more than 20 years. The document, titled "Cattle Trespass Impacts," which was removed from the Bureau of Land Management's website in the midst of the standoff, discusses the Dry Lake Solar Energy Zone project and its effect on the local wildlife. Yes, an inconvenient fact removed from the BLM website, but archived at above link. "Non-Governmental Organizations have expressed concern that the regional mitigation strategy for the Dry Lake Solar Energy Zone utilizes Gold Butte as the location for offsite mitigation for impacts from solar development, and that those restoration activities are not durable with the presence of trespass cattle [emphasis added]," the Bureau of Land Management said on its website. But here's the thing: The passage referring to "trespass cattle" appears to indicate only that the federal agency has an interest in detailing which of its solar projects have negative impacts on the local wildlife and vice versa. Posted by: Besoeker 2014-04-23 |
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