of the conditions these permits we were operating under compared to other nch ranchers absolutely not. in 1989 a fed up wayne sr. published a book titled storm over range land. the hages claim that in response the government reacted by going after them even harder and by the end of 1990 had suspended one of the hages essential grazing permits. observing effects of cattle grazing to the resources. the forest service made this video in 1991 laying out its case. excessive grazing is causing some of these more undesirable species like kentucky bluegrass here. and they are tending to dominate the site now. the feds claim that hage cattle were overgrazing that allotment and the land needed a five-year rest to recover. they instructed the hages 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
it s not like they weren t warned. my dad bought it knowing that there was a problem down there. but he had worked with the federal agencies in the previous ranch in california and got along with them. and he thought, well, you know, i can work with these folks. come to find out you can t get along with somebody when they re actually trying to take your property. why would the government do that? the hages say the feds were trying to strip their rights in order to take control of the land. partly for environmental reasons and the water which in a desert state is like gold. in fact, many western ranchers feel the government would like to end their way of life completely. no sooner had the hage family settled in and the government offered to buy the ranch. hage declined so the government filed a claim for his water rights. wayne sr. wasn t having it. if the government wanted a fight, a fight is what it would get. he contested that claim starting
it s not like they weren t warned. my dad bought it knowing that there was a problem down there. but he had worked with the federal agencies in the previous ranch in california and got along with them. and he thought, well, you know, i can work with these folks. come to find out you can t get along with somebody when they re actually trying to take your property. why would the government do that? the hages say the feds were trying to strip their rights in order to take control of the land. partly for environmental reasons and the water which in a desert state is like gold. in fact, many western ranchers feel the government would like to end their way of life completely. no sooner had the hage family settled in and the government offered to buy the ranch. hage declined so the government filed a claim for his water rights. wayne sr. wasn t having it. if the government wanted a fight, a fight is what it would get. he contested that claim starting
violations of the general terms of the conditions these permits we were operating under compared to other nch ranchers absolutely not. in 1989 a fed up wayne sr. published a book titled storm over range land. the hages claim that in response the government reacted by going after them even harder and by the end of 1990 had suspended one of the hages essential grazing permits. observing effects of cattle grazing to the resources. the forest service made this video in 1991 laying out its case. excessive grazing is causing some of these more undesirable species like kentucky bluegrass here. and they are tending to dominate the site now. the feds claim that hage cattle were overgrazing that allotment and the land needed a five-year rest to recover. they instructed the hages to remove their cattle. the problem, wayne says is that the government couldn t clearly identify the boundaries of the forbidden area.
violations of the general terms of the conditions these permits we were operating under compared to other nch ranchers absolutely not. in 1989 a fed up wayne sr. published a book titled storm over range land. the hages claim that in response the government reacted by going after them even harder and by the end of 1990 had suspended one of the hages essential grazing permits. observing effects of cattle grazing to the resources. the forest service made this video in 1991 laying out its case. excessive grazing is causing some of these more undesirable species like kentucky bluegrass here. and they are tending to dominate the site now. the feds claim that hage cattle were overgrazing that allotment and the land needed a five-year rest to recover. they instructed the hages 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