28-01-2016, 05:09 PM
As with most things, this is probably an issue of fees for grazing rights. The Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) vast areas of land in the west are used by cattle owners to graze their stock on a controlled basis. The issue is land use fees and limits. The source is modern day realities from pressure put on the environment by a system that refuses to recognize the damage its economic growth causes.