Las Vegas Sun

April 26, 2024

BLM: Bundy owes US more than all other ranchers combined

Bundy Roundup Dispute: One Month Later

Steve Marcus

Rancher Cliven Bundy stands at his ranch house Sunday, May 4, 2014, near Bunkerville.

Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy owes more money to the federal government than what all other ranchers owe collectively in late grazing fees, according to new data obtained from the Bureau of Land Management.

Of the roughly 16,000 ranchers who graze cattle on BLM lands, 458 have late grazing bills totaling $237,000, according to agency data.

Compare that to the more than $1 million Bundy owes Uncle Sam for refusing to pay grazing fees on his Bunkerville, Nev., allotment beginning in 1993 and for trespassing fees he has been accruing since 1998.

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