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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 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 belie ....
Person can take. the hages last hope, the lawsuit against the government continued to wind its way through the system. then in 2006 wayne hage sr. who had fought so hard for his way of life lost a battle with cancer. buried my mother, my father, we buried a lot of people on this deal, people who had stood up and tried to do what was right. after a while it does get to you, wears you down. the hage patriarch was gone, but the fight was far from over. the torch had been passed from father to son. and the most amazing part of the story was still to come. we ll return to the hages struggle with some surprising twists and turns a bit later. but next, a government invasion isn t music to the ears of a guitar company. isn t music to the ears of a ....
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 ....
Where the hages willfully allowed cattle to wander on to unpermitted federal land. $156.88, the cost of the damage. it was a long awaited vindication and historic ruling for all western ranchers fighting for property rights. though the hages won back their rights they haven t still had their permits renewed. meanwhile the u.s. is appealing the case. do you have reason to believe they ll back off? i don t think they ll back off. the department of justice attorney. said, are you interested in settling the case? he said no we always win an the ninth circuit, that s our court and we ll reverse this. in addition the hages haven t seen a dime of the $14 million awarded in 2008. in fact in that case if the latest court ruling stands, they never will. we hoped to talk to the u.s. forest service about all of this to get its side of the story but they wouldn t talk to fox news ....
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. ....