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Mr. Abbey of the BLM stated that 99.5% of the Nevada Ranchers are partners with the BLM and agree with BLM "appropriate management". In an effort to assist Mr. Abbey substantiate his claim, a tally of responses is below.

Favoring the BLM "appropriate management" - 1 (7%) Not Favoring the BLM "appropriate management" 14 (93%)

C"mon Happy Ranchers send us your pleasant experiences with BLM "appropriate management" so that Mr. Abbey will not have to be embarrassed over getting his numbers backwards.

It's amazing how you do not have the courage to mention that the guy in the picture has his right hand on a pistol, and the fact that the picture was staged. All you people want to do is break the law and destroy our land by over grazing. I have seen overgrazed land it is a horrible sight and the only good it will do is destroy our beautiful state. I guess when you don't care about that and only care about free food for your cows it doesnt matter that our state is being destoyed. Sir Theron
(NOTE - I didn't respond to this person the same way that the govt doesn't respond to us but for different reasons. The govt is silent because it would have to acknowledge the truth. I'm silent because I finally realized that the bigger idiot is the one who argues with an idiot. Dennis)

Letter To the Editor - Reno Gazette Journal

In Regards to your article on April 26, 2005 titled "Billboard takes aim at BLM plan to expand its powers" you quoted Mr. Bob Abbey and I also quote your article.

"Abbey said the critics are largely extremists who represent less than 1 percent of Nevada’s ranchers."

“I am not going to waste a lot of time worrying about the few people whose only purpose is to create controversy and conflict. Our time is better spent working with the 99.5 percent of the public with whom we work in partnership to appropriately manage their public lands,” he said.

Mr. Abbey, as an impartial observer of Ranchers and BLM interplay, I find this labeling and statistical quoting to be questionable.

I feel that both sides should be held accountable for their actions and remarks which leads me to the sane approach to the truth. I can supply you, and the public, evidence of BLM encroachment on their rights and property from 10 ranchers that I can think of right off the top of my head. I would expect from you Mr. Abbey the list of the other 1,990 ranchers who appreciate and will attest to the "appropriate management" by the BLM.

I would also rest comfortably with the notion that the BLM "partners" would donate their time and money to erect another 99 billboards to inform the public of their comfort with your "appropriate management."

The time has come for accountability of your slanderous words and documented proof of your assertions Mr. Abbey. I can honestly say that "I'm listening." Are you? Sincerely, D. G. Reno

I am very happy to see that citizens are trying to do something about the abuses by the BLM. Here in Northeastern California and Northwestern Nevada the BLM seems to be growing by leaps and bounds. 30 years ago there were 2 or 3 BLM employees overseeing this area. I have no idea how many are here now, but there are at least 50 or 60 BLM vehicles in Cedarville and Alturas. None of these vehicles used to have red lights and armed occupants. That as you are all aware, has changed. These armed people make me very nervous as I travel in Northwestern Nevada trying to enjoy the solitude, and have them stop me and want to know what I am doing on THEIR LAND. Many of them seem to think when they are employed by the BLM, they then own the land they want to control. Keep up the good work of informing the public of their abuses. I think the Billboard East of Battle Mountain is great, and will be seen by many who might not be aware of what is going on. We, Ranchers, Rock Hounds, Prospectors, Campers, Hunters, and every other citizen who has a right to be on this land, which is basically all of us, need the BLM off our backs and a lot less of them burning taxpayer paid for gas. Again keep up the good work of informing the general public. None of can do this alone, but collectively maybe we can take our land back from the BLM. The USFS is basically the same, but that is another story. Butch & Sandy

Billboards! What a fantastic idea. I am a horse owner who is a member of the American Endurance Ride Conference that became aware of western states problems 5 years ago when mysteriously our state DCNR shut down access to public land where we held an endurance ride for 9 years, I went looking for answers because the answers the DCNR gave smelled really bad.

BLM Corruption, or is it Racketeering? Great site - good cause - justice will prevail. I am Desert Land Entryman (consolidated desert farmer). You will hear about the 17-year war that BLM has declared against me, to extort my land in Laughlin, NV. The Reaper

I for one abhor the conscienceless actions of the so called BLM and any part they play in rounding up wild horses for slaughter.......I'll bet there is a money trail somewhere that leads right back to their bank accounts......I can see that they are godless lowlifes that need to be rounded up, tarred and feathered and run out of town. Sincerely, L. D. Reno

I came across www.byebyeblm.org web site and was glad to see that serious efforts are underway in Nevada. I support a full Statehood for Nevada. Part of the reason is due to my experience with BLM when we purchased a ranch property near Wells Nevada. The right-of-way easement we had to acquire from BLM in order to access our ranch property was one negative experience. The easement agreement was unfair, which discouraged us from building the road the very beginning however we went ahead and completed the road just to make a point. We eventually sold the ranch and bought other ranch property that sits adjacent to highway 93, meaning we won't have to haggle with BLM, which is for the better. Still the older ranch and the new ranch sits border to BLM on all four sides.

Before we sold the old ranch the BLM crew stood by and did not make any effort to stop a very small wildfire near our ranch. They stood by while I watched them sit around their fire trucks until the fire grew bigger and bigger before they picked up their shovels and axes. That fire ended up burning over 66,000 acres and came to the border of our house on the ranch. No grazing was allowed for the next few years, putting the Taylor family at Wine Cup Ranch out of business and forced them out of their lease. I've witnessed the abuses of BLM enough to know that they do not represent the good of Nevada and ranchers. B. C.

(* The opinions and/or facts posted here are those of the individual writers and have not been verified by the staff of ByeByeBlm.org)