New Mexico official cries 'tyranny' over federal cattle fence

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Source: Reuters - Fri, 16 May 2014 11:05 PM
By Joseph Kolb

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., May 16 (Reuters) - A New Mexico dispute over a rancher's right to give her cattle access to a watering hole on federal land escalated on Friday after a county official condemned as "tyranny" the federal government's refusal to open an access gate.

In the latest dispute over federal control of public land in the U.S. West, commissioners in rural Otero County voted earlier this week to defy the federal government and open a gate in the fenced-off parcel.

The U.S. Forest Service says the fence has been in place for decades, protecting a delicate ecosystem surrounding a natural spring as well as an endangered species of mouse from being trampled by cattle ...

The U.S. Forest Service has said an old barbed-wire fence was recently upgraded in cooperation with the rancher, and allowed room for a watering canal for the cattle without disturbing protected land. It also says there are other watering holes on the rancher's 28,850-acre grazing allotment ...

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1. this is the part

The U.S. Forest Service has said an old barbed-wire fence was recently upgraded in cooperation with the rancher, and allowed room for a watering canal for the cattle without disturbing protected land. It also says there are other watering holes on the rancher's 28,850-acre grazing allotment ...

Rush, Ingram, Beck, Hannity, etc will leave out. They will focus on the mouse.