Council seeks ordinance that doesn't conflict with grazing rights

The Fernley City Council is seeking common ground between cattle ranchers who graze their livestock in grazing allotments on Bureau of Land Management areas and property owners who live near those grazing areas. Both Councilmen Cal Eilrich and Don Parsons expressed concerns about the city's existing livestock at large ordinance due to the state of Nevada being designated a "fence out state," meaning that property owners who own land adjacent to open grazing range land must erect a fence to keep the livestock off their property. In April, residents who live in the Fernley Highlands complained that cattle owned by Dellis Bone were damaging their property, fences, landscaping and a host of other items. According to City Parks Director Keith Penner's staff report, "The cattle belong to the current holder of the Truckee-Virginia Allotment sold by the Bureau of Land management to Mr. Dellis Bone," he also reported about 44 square miles of BLM property used as grazing land is within the city limits...RenoGazetteJournal