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Sunday, March 22, 2015
Will BLM be Cowed by Ranchers, Miners?
May 19, 2015 Fallon, Nevada
About 170 people crowded elbow-to-elbow in the Churchill County
Commission chamber. More spilled outside, eager to hear about BLM’s new Carson
City Resource Management Plan (RMP) for public lands.
Along with a few other wild horse advocates, I came to dispute a plan that would zero-out bands of mustangs but leave livestock
home on the range. BLM figures 4.8 million acres can sustain only 2,508 wild
horses but 12,600 cattle.
Right off, the crowd was disappointed. BLM staff wouldn’t
answer questions; they came to listen.
Four speakers mentioned wild horses and three represented
the Washoe, Paiute and Shoshone tribes. The
rest of the 6-8:30 pm comment period belonged to the Fallon Tea Party, mining and
livestock industries. Samples from my notes:
"Churchill County is not Sherwood Forest and BLM is not the Sheriff of Nottingham" (speaker dons green Robin Hood hat) "We have enough trees" "We have enough protected lands" "We got enough wilderness" "We’re not going through a drought; it’s just a dry period and mining’s our cash cow"
Why worry? Throughout
the West legislation is being introduced to prohibit the Federal government from managing lands within a state. That would mean an end to public lands and
the meager protection afforded to range, water, vegetation, sacred sites, wild
horses and other wildlife.
Remember Cliven Bundy, a rancher backed by an armed militia
(ladies in front, please) protecting his “right” to skip out on a million
dollars in grazing fees? On March 31 the Bundy Ranch gang, headed by
Cliven’s son Ammon, are coming to the Nevada Assembly to support a Resource
Rights Bill.
Nevadans only (sorry): Want to enter your opinion of AB408, which would turn all public lands over to the state? .Click here to vote AGAINST giving wild horse lands to ranchers & miners _______________________________________________________________________________ Please watch and listen for further developments.
Read Bundy’s letter to the folks, here at Ralston Reports
Labels: BLM, Bundy, Fallon, Jon Ralston, public lands, wild horses Permalink to this blog post Posted by Terri Farley @ 5:19 PM  
Comments: It's a crime that the Clark County Sheriff STILL hasn't acted against Cliven Bundy. SUPPOSEDLY, he said he was going to resolve things, back when the fur was almost flying. I sure haven't heard about him "resolving" things and the fact he's still not in jail is infuriating. Hi Terri, Awhile ago I emailed you about coming to Indiana and you never replied, and figured I could remind you. I know you must be busy HI Lexi -- I would love to come to Indiana and I will if I am invited for a school visit and the school pays my airfare. Sadly, I can't afford to go everywhere on my own $. HOWEVER, I'm going all over the country with my new book. Did you see my schedule in the September newsletter? Hey, When are u gonna update this,you haven't written for 6months. Oh and when will you add Sams blog plz?? I like the new change on the web 2. Dyu know where I can read PS fanfic that for kids cause I can't find any n even thgh there not as good as yours(the ones i've read) its nice imagining about them again. P.S I home you do another PS book or short 1 like phantom protecter. Nvcowgrrl -- I'm back and I'm going to try to be better writing my blog & giving you updates on my books! Anonymous -- I'll look around for FanFiction about the Phantom. Also, I have a good friend who used to write FancFiction and her first book was just published! So, I think it may be a good training ground for writers. I'm glad your updating this site again! When will you start the 'Sam's blog' then?? I haven't read your new book yet but I'm saving up for it cause they don't have it at the local library. Post a Comment |
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