The bundy caper/Koch

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32. Defend public lands? All public lands? Wouldn't it be nice if the BLM did the same?

Right from the BLM website...and there's a lot more out there if folks bother to look....the BLM seems to be selling and auctioning it:

http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/snplma.html

Scroll down to the sixth bullet to read more....and the first one too. History of auction is available online.

Then there's SNPLMA Southern Nevada PublicLand Management Act:
http://www.doi.gov/oig/reports/upload/2003-I-0065.pdf



If the Koch thing is for real there are others with differing ideas RE: The Grazing Improvement Act S.258 now in committee...passed in the House:

http://www.beefusa.org/ourviewscolumns.aspx?NewsID=2867

For over a decade, permit holders and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Forest Service have relied on year to year appropriation language allowing them to use and issue permits and leases once they have expired. The Grazing Improvement Act fixes this by allowing the BLM and Forest Service to continue issuing grazing permits while an environmental analysis is being completed. This gives our farmers and ranchers the stability they need to keep their operations running. It also helps improve the cost-effectiveness of federal land management agencies, which is crucial in this time of limited budgets. The Grazing Improvement Act provides more certainty to federal lands ranchers is by increasing the term of a grazing permit from 10 to 20 years. The bill allows the Department of Interior Secretary to issue a categorical exclusion under the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) if the decision by the agency is to continue grazing management under the permit. These reforms will allow federal land agency personnel to spend more time in the field. By making the permit process more efficient, we will help decrease the backlog of permits the BLM and Forest Service currently face.