OK, I hear you.
You didn't clarify anything as to water rights on the allotment,though.
Until you prove me wrong as to things I've stated, it actually does make me right.
Well, what I understand of his situation is that he holds 3 of those water rights on springs, and the remainder on wells throughout the 600,00 acres, with probably one being at his house.
I'm not going to map out the other 10 wells for you because there's no money in it for me. I simply will refer to your better judgment with whether you think he had all 11 water rights on his 160 acres and still managed to have cattle on 600,000 acres of desert lands without them dying of thirst, or by starvation by overgrazing 160 acres with 11 wells or springs.
As an attorney, you also know that I don't have to prove anything to you. The people that read these threads can judge for themselves. At least I'm getting not only my mindset out there, but the mindset of ranchers all over the west that have faced the same issues repeatedly with the BLM and USFS.
