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  The federal government would kill 44,000 wild horses and 1,000 wild burros on federal land under a recommendation from the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board. The horses and burros are being kept ...

Texas rancher Ken Alderholt has been told by the federal government he may not own the land his family has been working on for the past 70 years – even though he has deeds to it. Alderholt, a second-generation rancher, ...

The federal government’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is once again sparking controversy – and it’s doing so on the one-year anniversary of the Bundy Ranch standoff. This time, it’s the Galice Mining District near Grants Pass, Oregon, that is ...

In an unprecedented move, Utah is preparing to seize 31.2 million acres of federal land located within its borders before the end of 2014. In 2012, Utah Governor Gary Herbert signed the Transfer of Public Lands Act into law, demanding ...

Federal control of lands has become an issue in this year’s election, as the man who could be Colorado’s next governor, Republican Bob Beauprez, wants the state to take control of most of the federally administered land within the state’s ...

The standoff between Cliven Bundy and the Bureau of Land Management highlighted a little-known fact that is at the core of not only that dispute but others like it: The BLM manages one-eighth of America’s land — 247 million acres ...

The BLM dispute in Nevada has prompted a Republican congressman to call for the defunding of “paramilitary units” attached to federal governmental agencies. As previously reported by Off The Grid News, the Bureau of Land Management standoff at the Bundy ...

The battle over the Bundy family’s cattle has prompted a group of political leaders to organize a campaign to take control of Western lands away from the federal government. US legislators, state legislators and county commissioners are among those joining ...

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) acted illegally when it dispatched armed rangers to remove Cliven Bundy’s cattle from federal land in Clark County, Nevada, a Congressman is charging. The BLM’s action led to a standoff between armed protestors and ...

Utah ranchers are concerned about possible destruction of public lands due to alleged overgrazing by wild horses, and they say the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is standing in the way of a solution. Approximately 2,000 wild horses are roaming ...