cattle in the valley. but if cattle got up here in the mountains they were going to be in trespass. and there s no fence dividing the two. there s 21 miles of unfenced boundary just on this portion alone. the forest service couldn t even tell us where the line was. but if a cow got on the other side of that line they were going to impound that cow without notice. that is exactly what happened. so the cows actually got on that side of the line. yes. so you were in trespass. yes, technically by the forest service regulations we were in trespass. on july 27th 1991 the forest service took action. the government was coming in to take our cows on an impoundment. made a big production out of it. they had ten federal agents fully armed and fully ready to spoil for a fight. it didn t turn in to a hollywood style gunfight. quite the opposite actually. for the hages it was a big dose
we were licensed to have cattle in the valley. but if cattle got up here in the mountains they were going to be in trespass. and there s no fence dividing the two. there s 21 miles of unfenced boundary just on this portion alone. the forest service couldn t even tell us where the line was. but if a cow got on the other side of that line they were going to impound that cow without notice. that is exactly what happened. so the cows actually got on that side of the line. yes. so you were in trespass. yes, technically by the forest service regulations we were in trespass. on july 27th 1991 the forest service took action. the government was coming in to take our cows on an impoundment. made a big production out of it. they had ten federal agents fully armed and fully ready to spoil for a fight. it didn t turn in to a hollywood style gunfight. quite the opposite actually. for the hages it was a big dose
under compared so other ranchers, absolutely not. in 1989 a fed up wayne, sr. published a book titled storm over range lands. they claim that in response the government reacted by going after them even harder. and by the end of 1990 had suspended one of their essential grazing permits. we were observing the effects of cattle grazing to the resources. the forest service made this video in 1991 laying out their case. excessive grazing is causing one of the more undesirable species. they claim that the cattle were overgrazing and that the land needed a fear-year rest to recover. they instructed them to remove their cattle. the problem, wayne says, is that the government couldn t clearly identify the boundaries of the forbidden area. we were licensed to have cattle in the valley.
the 300 compared to other ranchers absolutely not. he wrote a book titled storm over range land. the hage s claim in response the government went after them even harder. by the end of 1990 had suspended one of the hage s essential grazing permits. it would be cattle grazing for the resources. the forest service made this video laying out test case. effective grazing is causing some of these undesirable species like the kentucky bluegrass they are dominating the site. they claim the hage s cattle were over grazing and needed a 5 year rest to recover. they instructed them to remove their cattle. the problem is they couldn t clearly identify the boundaries as the forbidden area. we were licensed to have cattle in the valley. but if cattle got up here in the
cattle in the valley. but if cattle got up here in the mountains, they were going to be in trespass and there s in fence dividing the two. there s 22 miles of unfenced boundary just on this portion alone. the forest service couldn t tell us where the line was but if the cow got on the other side of the line, they were going to impound the line. that is what happened. the cows got on that side of the line. yes. so you were in trespass. yes, technically by the regulations we were in trespass. on july 27th, 1991, the forest service took action. the government was coming in to take our cows on the impoundment. made a big production out of it. they had ten federal agents fully armed. it didn t turn into a hollywood style gunfight. quite the opposite. for the family, it was a big dose of reality. in all the forest service