The Patriot Post® · Standoff in Nevada

A Nevada cattle rancher is experiencing the full force of the federal government over the land on which his cattle are grazing. Cliven Bundy claims that his family has homestead rights going back more than 100 years to the 600,000-acre Gold Butte area north of Las Vegas. The federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM), however, says otherwise and has begun confiscating his cattle while armed law enforcement officials are stationed around the ranch. Bundy recalls Waco and Ruby Ridge and hopes it doesn’t come to that. The disagreement goes back to 1993 when Bundy quit paying for grazing rights. In 1998, the land was declared “off-limits” for cattle in order to protect the desert tortoise. Bundy has lost several times in court, hence the current impounding of his cattle. Yet when 84% of Nevada land is public land, what’s a rancher to do? Stay tuned as the situation may escalate.