Guess how many ranchers tore up their federal contracts at the Bundy standoff, today. [View all]
A grand total of...
One.
The Latest: Rancher renounces contract at Bundy event
A rancher from New Mexico renounced his U.S. Forest Service grazing contract at an event held Saturday by an armed group occupying a national wildlife refuge in Oregon to protest federal land use policies.
Adrian Sewell of Grant County, New Mexico, took the action at the event attended by about 120 people at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. A group led by Ammon Bundy began occupying the refuge in eastern Oregon on Jan. 2. The group plans to open the 300-square-mile refuge for cattle this spring.
Bundy has said the federal government has no authority to enforce federal grazing contracts with ranchers.
Sewell said he didnt mind standing out as the only rancher to renounce his federal contract at Saturdays event. Sewell said hes restricted to allowing 85 cattle to graze on his federal allotment, where historically hes run about 600 animals.
http://wbay.com/ap/the-latest-counter-protest-near-oregon-wildlife-refuge/