koshergrl
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- Aug 4, 2011
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The scumbag federales have been messing with this family for decades. They have water rights but the agencies have blocked access to his land to get it. They have dragged these poor guys into court for the last 50 years trying to wrest their resources and land from them in the same way they have destroyed all their neighbors. But like the Hammonds and the Bundys, the Hages continue to hold on.
This is the sort of bullshit that our land owners are up against.
"The water would have to travel 90 miles in order to be used by livestock on their home ranch, Hage said. He added that often times when a water right isn't utilized for five years, it is considered abandoned. He doesn't want this to happen, so he continues to access his water in whatever ways he can.
"The Hunter family, whose court case was cited in the Hage hearing, still owns their water rights, but have not used them for decades, Hage said. Much of the land that was once their grazing land became a national park, and the family was then denied grazing access.
"The 9th Circuit knew they couldn't take all use and access to the water, or it would be declared a taking, so their solution was to allow Hunter to take water off the land. In the 1960s, that was a way for the government to take the right and not pay anything for it," Hage said."
"The government is screwing them around more and more all of the time. These are some of the most valuable water rights in the United States (located in Death Valley, California) and they are offering pennies. They are forcing the Hunters to look for a buyer (for the water right) outside of the United States."
"Ranchers in his part of the country battle the BLM and USFS regularly, he says, and cattle numbers are dwindling. "We don't worry about China or North Korea. The two major threats to our freedom are the BLM and US Forest Service."
Responsible Use: Ninth Circuit encourages Wayne Hage, Jr. to remove water from source
This is the sort of bullshit that our land owners are up against.
"The water would have to travel 90 miles in order to be used by livestock on their home ranch, Hage said. He added that often times when a water right isn't utilized for five years, it is considered abandoned. He doesn't want this to happen, so he continues to access his water in whatever ways he can.
"The Hunter family, whose court case was cited in the Hage hearing, still owns their water rights, but have not used them for decades, Hage said. Much of the land that was once their grazing land became a national park, and the family was then denied grazing access.
"The 9th Circuit knew they couldn't take all use and access to the water, or it would be declared a taking, so their solution was to allow Hunter to take water off the land. In the 1960s, that was a way for the government to take the right and not pay anything for it," Hage said."
"The government is screwing them around more and more all of the time. These are some of the most valuable water rights in the United States (located in Death Valley, California) and they are offering pennies. They are forcing the Hunters to look for a buyer (for the water right) outside of the United States."
"Ranchers in his part of the country battle the BLM and USFS regularly, he says, and cattle numbers are dwindling. "We don't worry about China or North Korea. The two major threats to our freedom are the BLM and US Forest Service."
Responsible Use: Ninth Circuit encourages Wayne Hage, Jr. to remove water from source
