from Oregon.

I thought the answer was going to be zero.

...there is a piece of me that is enjoying the comedy.

Not Oregon?

So WTF are these yahoos doing in Oregon? Sounds like they haven't even found anyone to agree with them there.

It means we'll only need three trucks to confiscate all the cattle being illegally run over federal lands.

...kind of regretted that.

He went to Canada with us on a vacation...on the way back on the border....they detained him. Thankfully, he had long list of speeding tickets that proved he wasn't a draft dodger.

bonfire and ceremony they were planning.
fricken' fools. grrr.

While many ranchers may not like the system as it is, they also know that armed takeovers are not the way to negotiate for change. There are also a lot of ranchers who know and understand that there are many competing interests who all have a stake in federal lands, and they're okay with the system that has been negotiated over many years and their share in it.

yellin and screamin and flag wavin and - nothin.

I went to bed after posting this and decided to watch a movie.

I picked Magnolia; a weird movie about cosmic coincidences.

The first 10 minutes or so of the movie had "One is the Loneliest Number" playing in the background over and over....

Gave me a very weird sensation.

Obviously one of them got through.
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In today's believe it or not, there's a Twitter account @cowsniper420

...where historically he’s run about 600 animals."

Anybody wanna take bets on what that land...our land...looks like if he's been grazing 600 animals on it?

I've got my beefs with the BLM - allowing the ATV assholes to run ALL over it in some places - but they try to conserve the rangelands.

the federal grazing permits are a good deal for them.

They are also managed carefully to benefit the land itself, as in Sewell's case where 600 animals would likely do more damage than good for the size of his allotment. He may disagree, or he may just not give a crap about what overgrazing does to fragile ecosystems, but fortunately the BLM is also not stupid.

even on sturdy, well managed farms in places with a lot of fertile soil.

That county where his ranch is just above the border with Mexico. I've never been down that far in New Mexico but I have to assume it is an incredibly sensitive landscape. If they are telling him 85 head is his limit, there is a reason for that. In fact, it wouldn't surprise me if it should be even lower that that.

What a shitbag.

I'm glad that the event failed so miserably. I laughed aloud when I opened the thread.

stress conditions because of a fifteen year drought. That area is mostly desert lands and if it is like most of the South West,the BLM pulled the allotments or cattle on range numbers because of severe drought conditions. These so called Ranchers are not good stewards of the land. What really sucks is,these people get drought disaster payments in kind for the reduction in herd counts.

No contract, no cows.

having a cow!