Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture. Plus a few items on western history, western literature and the sport of rodeo... Frank DuBois served as the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003. DuBois is a former legislative assistant to a U.S. Senator, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior, and is the founder of the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship.
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
Hispanic Ranchers Dealt Blow in Lengthy Battle Over Grazing
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A group of Hispanic ranchers has been dealt a blow in their years-long feud with the federal government over grazing rights on land in New Mexico that has been used by their families for centuries.
Attorneys for the ranchers argued that the U.S. Forest Service violated the law when deciding to limit grazing on historic land grants even though the government has recognized that the descendants of Spanish colonists have a unique relationship with the land.
The ranchers claimed the agency failed to consider social and economic effects that would result from limiting grazing in a region where poverty and dependence on the land for subsistence is high.
In a recent ruling, U.S. District James Browning dismissed remaining counts against the government, finding that the National Environmental Policy Act does not require the Forest Service to consider social and economic effects that are a direct result of an agency's action.
The law narrowly centers on effects to the physical environment, the judge ruled.
The ranchers say they are disappointed and that the Forest Service had a responsibility to consider a history in which they claim the property rights of Hispanics have been ignored and an institutional bias has been allowed to persist.
Efforts to get the Obama administration to address discrimination and civil rights violations repeatedly went unanswered, and many of the plaintiffs saw the court case as a way to validate their concerns.
"I see this opinion as a cover up and continued support of further adverse actions by the Forest Service on socially disadvantaged native and Hispanic families," said Carlos Salazar, president of the ranchers' group. "I believe the agency knows they have the courts on their side and their goal is to take ownership of the land and water from the local folks."...more
What a tired argument! It started back in the 60's and eventually led to nothing, except the Hassell Report issued from Region 3 of the USFS. This report took into account all of the social, cultural and mea cuplia ideas of the up and coming liberals in the USFS. Despite the appeasement the ranchers always wanted more and more. The trouble is that there is a limit to the capacity of rangelands vis grazing livestock, recreation, timber production, and all the other natural elements. No matter how much folks want more there is only so much available and then they are unhappy and claim unfair treatment. Our country is supporting 90+million recipients of different "gimmie" programs and the rancher on public lands is no different. Give it a break and try to make America Great Again!!
It is time for the indexing of this nation’s resources, through federal overreach to stop. The marginalization of ranchers in the Western is unconstitutional, and criminal by nature. And this and other issues needs to be addressed by this administration.
we saw the Dan Sisters, the Hage's and others loos to the goons while living in Nevada for twenty years. BLM and Forest Servie need to be defunded and kicked OUT of our States!! They almost killed 78 year old Navy Veteran Joe Robertson, having him imprisoned (he is in a halfway house due to the undying efforts of Lindsay Brewster). Joe did nothing wrong but a corrupt Obama appointed judge in Missoula sent him to prison, as they want his land! An independent study (Kegel report) was not allowed in court by Mallory!! Lies and deceit sent Joe to prison. The FEDS want All land in the West, so we can grow no crops nor raise livestock!! They hope we will be hungry enough to march into their FEMA CAMPS one day!! Plus the land can be sold to China (as Dirty Harry plans) or Russia as the Clinton creeps sold the Hammond Ranch (rich in Uranium,)! This evil must stop!! State Sovereignty is Constitutional; the UN funded NWO gang plans to take all: power and greed!! Read Behind the Green Mask, Rosa Koire; G Edward Griffin; Dane Wigington; Mike Adams and otheres.....IF you want TRUTH!!!!! You will NOT get it on MSM...including FOXnews!! Alex Jones is a great source for TRUTH
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What a tired argument! It started back in the 60's and eventually led to nothing, except the Hassell Report issued from Region 3 of the USFS. This report took into account all of the social, cultural and mea cuplia ideas of the up and coming liberals in the USFS. Despite the appeasement the ranchers always wanted more and more. The trouble is that there is a limit to the capacity of rangelands vis grazing livestock, recreation, timber production, and all the other natural elements. No matter how much folks want more there is only so much available and then they are unhappy and claim unfair treatment.
Our country is supporting 90+million recipients of different "gimmie" programs and the rancher on public lands is no different.
Give it a break and try to make America Great Again!!
It is time for the indexing of this nation’s resources, through federal overreach to stop. The marginalization of ranchers in the Western is unconstitutional, and criminal by nature. And this and other issues needs to be addressed by this administration.
we saw the Dan Sisters, the Hage's and others loos to the goons while living in Nevada for twenty years. BLM and Forest Servie need to be defunded and kicked OUT of our States!! They almost killed 78 year old Navy Veteran Joe Robertson, having him imprisoned (he is in a halfway house due to the undying efforts of Lindsay Brewster). Joe did nothing wrong but a corrupt Obama appointed judge in Missoula sent him to prison, as they want his land! An independent study (Kegel report) was not allowed in court by Mallory!! Lies and deceit sent Joe to prison. The FEDS want All land in the West, so we can grow no crops nor raise livestock!! They hope we will be hungry enough to march into their FEMA CAMPS one day!! Plus the land can be sold to China (as Dirty Harry plans) or Russia as the Clinton creeps sold the Hammond Ranch (rich in Uranium,)! This evil must stop!! State Sovereignty is Constitutional; the UN funded NWO gang plans to take all: power and greed!! Read Behind the Green Mask, Rosa Koire; G Edward Griffin; Dane Wigington; Mike Adams and otheres.....IF you want TRUTH!!!!! You will NOT get it on MSM...including FOXnews!! Alex Jones is a great source for TRUTH
You would think families who have been on the land for centuries would have some sort of senior rights
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