is this one of these new land rights things where
the big mean rancher has too many acres and won't
let the poor lil' "sportman" on the land to hike
and bike ride and hunt and fish for free ?
It goes far deeper than that.
Ranching on public land doesn't give the rancher the right to close public roads and access to public lands. The rancher can lose his grazing permit for even attempting that.
It would appear that the BHA is one of those applauding public access and road closures.
But, apparently, they don't want the ranchers there either. Or the loggers. Or the miners.
Just the folks that can walk 30 miles into a place to hunt.
Hell, some of the members are National Forest Service Rangers that are in charge of closure of roads and access.
And they use THEIR access to scout for trophy animals using government resources.
