How many American minorities are renting BLM land?
Lets cut 2 the chase (click here) if Clive Bundy was a minority he wouldve been shut down long ago & those cows would b hamburgers at McDonalds #nerdland
...The BLM administers nearly 18,000 permits and leases (click here) held by ranchers who graze their livestock,
mostly cattle and sheep, at least part of the year on more than 21,000
allotments under BLM management. Permits and leases generally cover a
10-year period and are renewable if the BLM determines that the terms
and conditions of the expiring permit or lease are being met. The amount
of grazing that takes place each year on BLM-managed lands can be
affected by such factors as drought, wildfire, and market conditions....
The Taylor Grazing Act of 1934 (43 USC 315), (click here) signed by President Roosevelt, was intended to "stop
injury to the public grazing lands [excluding Alaska] by preventing
overgrazing and soil deterioration; to provide for their orderly use,
improvement, and development; [and] to stabilize the livestock industry
dependent upon the public range" (USDI 1988). This Act was pre-empted by
the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA)....
The Western Range Before the Taylor Grazing Act
The
western range livestock industry came into prominence in the decades
after the Civil War because capitalization costs were minimal. All one
needed was a ranch headquarters, a few cowboys, and a number of horses.
Often, early ranchers had little more than a dugout for shelter and a
corral for their horses, because when the range they were using was
eaten off, they simply moved their herds and headquarters to a new
location. The animals were left to fend for themselves and were only
rounded up for branding and marketing. Other ranchers allowed their
herds to graze freely on the federal lands, but moved their cattle
between summer and winter ranges. Cattlemen with Midwestern traditions
ranged their cattle on the federal lands during the summer, and before
winter, moved their herds close to the home ranch where they could be
fed hay. After the harsh winters that occurred between 1886 and 1890,
this became the predominate method of ranching in the West....
This year marks the 25th anniversary (click here) of the passage of the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act of
1976 -- a landmark piece of legislation that changed not only the Bureau
of Land Management and the
make-up of its workforce, but the face of the West forever. This
ambitious Act both recognized the value of our Nation’s public lands and
provided a framework in which they could be managed in perpetuity for
the benefit of present and future generations. It defined BLM’s mission
as one of multiple use -- a new concept for the times, but which today
stands as our agency’s great strength....
