citing pending litigation. the bureau of land management said a statement saying, quote, since the appeals process is on ongoing the blm will not engage in conversations that could affect the outcome. the blm will respond to questions once litigation concludes. the u.s. department of justice also declined our interview request. the subcommittee on public lands and environmental regulations is meeting today to hear testimony on threats intimidation and bullying by federal land managing agencies. if late october, 2013, wayne hage and a group of fellow ranchers testified before congress. i m probably going to get retribution for being here and talking to you about this. stories that make the hand stand on the back of your neck. never held accountable. in our case they were supposed to be held accountable. perhaps the hearing will lead to congressional action on regulatory relief. until then, wayne hage jr. continues the decades-long fight. he inherited from his father. e jr. co
of reality. in all the forest service impounded and eventually sold over 100 cattle. then they sent hage a bill for the difference between the bill and the cost of confiscation. that was the final straw. it was virtually impossible to run cow anymore because there was no way to keep a cow on one side of the imaginary line. they liquidated their herd. their cattle grazing business effectively shut down. there was only one option left, they sued the government claiming their property had been taken without compensation or due process. just four months later as wayne sr. was doing maintenance to get water to his private property, the forest service charged him with a felony. he cleaned a ditch. he cleaned a ditch? he did. the ditch was in disrepair. now, you could not get water through the ditch. and then after we cleared those trees they came and arrested my
the western range lands, vast scenic and a battleground for what became known as the sage brush rebellion a fight that began decades ago between locals and the federal government over land use. the sage brush rebellion got its name from the type of vegetation on a lot of the federal land in the west. ranchers are complaining that the bureau of land management, blm, doesn t identify with ranching problems. wayne hage sr. didn t plan to become the face of that we rebellion, but that s just what happened. he was just 2 when his parents sold their california ranch and bought pine creek ranch in central nevada. in other words, he can t remember a time when his family hasn t had to fight the government. they bought it for a place they could raise family on the
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father and took him down and convicted him of destroying government property. he was arrested, tried, convicted then went to the ninth circuit court of appeals. and overturned. yes. the ninth circuit threw that case out. but the damage had been done. by the mid-1990s the hages were basically broke and had lost all their grazing permits. both mother and father had to find other jobs to feed the family. the stress was very significant, i think, for my mom especially. ramona is one of wayne s four big sisters. she had five kids, she was running this house. and then this situation with the government on top of it was very difficult for her. 1996 your mother passed away. at a young age complications from stroke. your sister said she believes it was the stress of government harassment that contributed to your mother s death. oh i believe very much. she was a very sweet lady.