preceding legislative efforts to create a national conservation area in Nevada have failed,and conservative critics have accused him of a ‘federal land grab’Nevada senator Harry Reid and the wife of jailed rancher Cliven Bundy traded insults this week as the Democratic politician announced he would be pushing to protect the land near the family’s property now that Bundy and his sons are behind bars.“I’ve tried to protect Gold Butte for a long time,” Reid said on Thursday, and referring to the region north-east of Las Vegas where Bundy led an notorious standoff with the government in 2014 after years of refusing to pay federal cattle grazing fees.
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Source: theguardian.com