It was illegal,by law and the terms of the grazing right permit, to improve upon anything.
It was a grazing permit, not a pretend it's your land and do what you think best permit.
Just so we keep in context in the terms of 'freeloading'...
Ranchers built that country many of us use and take advantage of. Without their hard work and investment what was waste land in many areas are now productive, both in range management and wildlife habitat. The price was sweat and money over many generations.
This is nothing different than the government pushing indians off land they had first... if Bundy wants to play Geronimo, that's his choice.
Does anyone know what price .gov calculated for 100+ years of improvements from Bundy's family on that lease? Bet it wasn't chit...
http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/media.../legislation.Par.3647.File.dat/FLPMA.pdf(g)
Whenever a permit or lease for grazing
domestic livestock is canceled in whole or in part,
in order to devote the lands covered by the permit
or lease to another public purpose, including dis�
posal, the permittee or lessee shall receive from
the United States a reasonable compensation for
the adjusted value, to be determined by the
Secretary concerned, of his interest in authorized
permanent improvements placed or constructed by
the permittee or lessee on lands covered by such
permit or lease, but not to exceed the fair market
value of the terminated portion of the permittee�
s
or lessee�
s interest therein. Except in cases of
emer
gency
, no permit or lease shall be canceled
under this subsection without two years�
prior notification.
