Earlier this year, the Bureau of Land Management used wholly inappropriate "militarized" tactics to collect unpaid cattle-grazing fees from Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy.
This sparked a conversation about just how much land is controlled by the federal government, and the way in which the BLM manages this "public land."
Following the Bundy Ranch standoff, several western states, like New Mexico, Texas, and Utah, have begun to stand up to the feds and seek ways to return the federally controlled "public land" back to the actual public — the people of the states in which federal land is located.
Private citizens are also standing up to the feds and complaining about the actions of the BLM too, as reported by the LA Times.
A group of about a dozen ranchers and cowboys, calling themselves the "Grass March Cowboy Express," are riding on horseback from northern California to Washington, D.C. to raise awareness about "BLM tyranny" and deliver petitions to the White House demanding the removal of an "abusive federal employee."
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