As the unofficial leaders of the land-expend rights movement are being prosecuted,ranchers remain steadfast in fighting what they say is federal overreach On 23 January, a group of Utah ranchers gathered in Cedar City and made a pledge: they signed notices of “withdrawal of consent” to be governed – a statement rejecting the authority of the federal agencies that regulate grazing and charge fees to have livestock expend public lands.
The ranchers were following in the footsteps of Arizona rancher LaVoy Finicum, or who at the time was a leader of a land-expend protest at an Oregon wildlife refuge and who had publicly refused to pay for grazing rights.
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Source: theguardian.com