Desert tortoise faces uncertain future amid Bundy conflict
https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/...e-faces-uncertain-future-amid-bundy-conflict/
One of the people caught up in the effort to save the tortoise was a Bunkerville rancher named Cliven Bundy, who didn’t take kindly to being told to limit the number of cows he was grazing on public land in northeastern Clark County.
So began a decades-long dispute that would inflame anti-government sentiment, turn Bundy and his family into heroes of the militia movement and nearly end in bloodshed in 2014.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammon_Bundy
Ammon Edward Bundy (born September 1, 1975)[2] is an American car fleet manager[6] who led armed militants in the 2016 occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.[7]
He is the son of rancher Cliven Bundy, who was the central figure of the 2014 Bundy standoff regarding unpaid grazing fees on federally-owned public land.
Citizens for Constitutional Freedom
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_for_Constitutional_Freedom#Indicted
Citizens for Constitutional Freedom (C4CF), later also known as People for Constitutional Freedom (P4CF), was the name taken on January 4, 2016, by an armed private U.S. militia that occupied the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters in the U.S. state of Oregon from January 2 to February 11, 2016.[1][2] The leader of the organization was Ammon Bundy,[1][3] son of Cliven D. Bundy, who engaged in a standoff with the federal government over grazing rights on federal land.[4][5]
Eight of its members, including Ammon Bundy, were arrested on January 26, 2016[6] while a ninth member, Robert "LaVoy" Finicum, was shot and killed by law enforcement officers.[7][8] This was followed by a number of other arrests that eventually culminated in the end of the occupation.[2] A total of 27 people were charged under federal law with a variety of offenses, including a single count of felony conspiracy.[9][10][11] Their trials were scheduled to start on September 7, 2016, and February 14, 2017.[12][13]
During the occupation, the militant group claimed that the United States Constitution allows the federal government of the United States to own only a small amount of land, and that the government can acquire land in states only with the state's consent.[14]
Nevada Public Lands Face Uncertainty After Bundy Ruling
http://www.publicnewsservice.org/20...-face-uncertainty-after-bundy-ruling/a61018-1
Cliven Bundy has called on the county sheriff to protect him from federal agents,
but the Clark County Sheriff said he recognizes federal authority and will not intervene. It is unclear how the BLM under the Trump administration will proceed.
Editorial: The Bundys and the Feds
They were ranchers with a checkered reputation, not terrorists.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/editorial-the-bundys-and-the-feds/article/2011148
