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http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/31/us/range-war-in-nevada-pits-us-against-2-shoshone-sisters.html
There are a lot of articles out there about this battle. It also appears that our government resorts to bullying tactics and dirty tricks every single time this topic comes up.
http://www.reviewjournal.com/columns-blogs/john-l-smith/shoshone-sisters-also-couldn-t-beat-blm
This battle has gone on for 30 years, and the Danns have not given up yet, even though the government has seized hundreds of their cattle, sold the animals at auction, charged the sisters nearly $50,000 in fees and fined them $3 million for willful trespass.
''Trespass? Who the hell gave them the land anyway?'' Mary Dann asked as she mended a fence on a windswept desert morning. ''When I trespass, it's when I wander into Paiute territory.''
There are a lot of articles out there about this battle. It also appears that our government resorts to bullying tactics and dirty tricks every single time this topic comes up.
http://www.reviewjournal.com/columns-blogs/john-l-smith/shoshone-sisters-also-couldn-t-beat-blm