Gina Cassini:
Website FreeRepublic Exposes BLM “document dump” that suggests attempted cover-up of Sen. Reid/Chinese gov’t takeover of ranch for solar farm.
The Bureau of Land Management, whose director was Sen. Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) former senior adviser, has purged documents from its web site stating that the agency wants Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy’s cattle off of the land his family has worked for over 140 years in order to make way for solar panel power stations.
The first segment of the document pulled by the feds from BLM.gov.
Deleted from BLM.gov but reposted for posterity by the Free Republic, the BLM document entitled “Cattle Trespass Impacts” directly states that Bundy’s cattle “impacts” solar development, more specifically the construction of “utility-scale solar power generation facilities” on “public lands.”
“Non-Governmental Organizations have expressed concern that the regional mitigation strategy for the Dry Lake Solar Energy Zone utilizes Gold Butte as the location for offsite mitigation for impacts from solar development, and that those restoration activities are not durable with the presence of trespass cattle,” the document states.
The second segment of the document pulled by the feds from BLM.gov.
Another BLM report entitled Regional Mitigation Strategy for the Dry Lake Solar Energy Zone (BLM Technical Note 444) reveals that Bundy’s land in question is within the “Dry Lake Solar Energy Zone and surrounding area” which is part of a broad U.S. Department of Energy program for “Solar Energy Development in Six Southwestern States” on land “managed” by BLM.
“In 2012, the BLM and the U.S. Department of Energy published the Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for Solar Energy Development in Six Southwestern States,” the report reads. “The Final Solar Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement assessed the impact of utility-scale solar energy development on public lands in the six southwestern states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah.”
Dry Lake Solar Energy Zone and surrounding area (Click to enlarge.)
“The Approved Resource Management Plan Amendments/Record of Decision (ROD) for Solar Energy Development in Six Southwestern States implemented a comprehensive solar energy program for public lands in those states and incorporated land use allocations and programmatic and SEZ-specific design features into land use plans in the six-state study area.”
Back in 2012, the New American reported that Harry Reid’s son, Rory Reid, was the chief representative for a Chinese energy firm planning to build a $5-billion solar plant on public land in Laughlin, Nevada.
And journalist Marcus Stern with Reuters also reported that Sen. Reid was heavily involved in the deal as well.
The irony is that the feds are coming in because (supposedly) that these cattle are endangering the Desert Tortoise.
But now that deserts in CA have been converted to solar power ”farms,” they have discovered that these are extremely destructive to Desert Tortoises!
Fact is this land grab (and other ”clean power” land grabs) are not clean or green.
Bats, Raptors (eagles, hawks, falcons, shrikes, owls and more) migrating birds (ducks, geese, swallows, and more) tortoises are all being wiped out by solar and wind ”farms.”
Shame on Harry Reid and his son or son-in-law for trying to stay in the shadows on their part of this.
He should stand proud and openly let America know how much money he is about to make.
All that said, it is merely a LEASE the rancher is losing, not like Kelo where imminent domain was used to take land and let it sit wasted since.
THEY TAKE THE RANCHERS FOR IDIOT,
THEY WILL FIND OUT THAT THEY WON’T LET THEM CEASE THE LAND, AND IF IT’S THAT CHINEESE DEAL
IT’S EVEN MORE DESPICABLE, TO TAKE HIS CATTLE AND HAVE THEIR DOG THREATENING
THE GOOD PEOPLE THERE, ARIZONA IS COMING TO GIVE SUPPORT and all the states should stand up with them because they will be next, THEY EVEN SEPARATE THE YOUNG FROM THE THE MOTHERS,
WHAT A BUNCH OF CREEPS, LAWLESS IS THEM THEIR ATTITUDE NOT THE CITIZENS, THERE I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISE IT IS A BACK DOOR DEAL FROM OBAMA, BUT IT WON’T WORK THIS TIME, HE GOT THE OWNER OF A OIL BUSINESS TO GIVE A MILLION DOLLARS, TO GET OF HIS BACK THE OTHER RANCHER HAVE BEEN STRIP OF HIS CATTLE, ALSO, AND THE LONG TIME CASE OF THE BUSINESS MAKING MUSIC VIOLINS ACCUSE UNTHUTH FULLY OF HAVING BREACH THE LAW HAD TO PAY
THAT MUCH, THAT IS UN AMERICAN AND FRAUD NOTHING ELSE,
ALL THE STATES GIVE SUPORT TO THAT FAMILY FOR YOUR SAKE ALSO,
THEY HAVE PLAYED THAT GAME SINCE THE START OF HIS I WON, MANY HAVE BEEN HASSEL, THIS HAS TO STOP,
ENOUGH OF SCREWING THE GOOD PEOPLE,
This has the potential to end badly. Ranchers can be a cantankerous lot. They don’t put up with much and they certainly won’t abide by some nerd like Reid, suffering from dementia, stealing their land to make money off of Chinese investors.
Remind me again which was the party that looked out for the little guy?
Let’s not forget that this is all about a tortoise that the Federal Government is simultaneously protecting and euthanizing.
They’re from the government, and they’re here to help you.
I spent years working in some of the wilder open places of the west, very much including Nevada, Wyoming, Idaho, etc. There is a deep loathing reaching outright hatred for the BLM among many ranchers and local authorities, even when they work closely with them.
One of the greatest is that much BLM land is wholly mismanaged. There is also rife cronyism.
@NannyG#1
“He should stand proud and openly let America know how much money he is about to make.”
And if HE doesn’t….someone with a mic and a national spotlight should….let his hypocrisy bleed … this guy is scum..
What is with his fixation with the Koch Brothers…? Jealousy – Envy?
As with almost all situations like this, just follow the money and it will lead you to the reason something is happening a certain way.
Rory is Harry’s son. The Federal government “owns” almost 80 percent of Nevada. However, the lands in question are state and county public lands and not part of the Federal government’s portion. The BLM is claiming jurisdiction based on endangered species law. The Feds drove out all the other ranchers who also traditionally used the land for grazing. The reason for the traditional grazing agreement the State of Nevada had with ranchers going back long prior to the creation of the BLM, was because the grazing reduced the proliferation of desert plant-life which invariably in the dry summers resulted in wild range fires that destroyed all life in it’s path. The BLM has also been heavily removing herds of wild horses from the areas which means there will be fewer natural creatures to eat and clear away the vegitation before it becomes dry and flammable. This is another helping in the growing eco-based tyranny that the Federal government is unleashing all over the nation.
If the solar farms are built with no grazing allowed by cattle or wild horses, the solar farms will find themselves in perpetual and expensive wave after wave of raging range fires.
No doubt, Monday Reid will stand up in the Senate and accuse himself of being involved in running these ranchers off the land they have been using in order to enrich himself and his little boy with money from Chinese investors.
You just wait and see.
Monica Morrill at American Thinker adds another twist to following the money.
Seems like she’s done some due diligence before writing this up.
Water Rights.
http://americanthinker.com/2014/04/bundy_ranch_the_federal_government_and_the_nevada_water_tipping_point.html
Funny how the Feds want to charge Bundy for something they say he may not do.
BLM may have euthanized the cattle.
@Kraken: FTA:
When you have non-experts around cattle nearly ANYTHING might be construed as ” exhibiting dangerous characteristics,” or “threatening the health and safety of the employees.”
And as for “displaying a hopeless prognosis for life,” without water how can these cattle have any other prognoses?
As a side point about cattle, we knew a guy who had a dairy and beef ranch.
One evening he was bringing in all his cattle and he fell at a choke point where ALL the animals had to squeeze through to get where they were RUNNING.
As he watched, flat on the muddy ground, every single animal stepped OVER him or AROUND him.
He didn’t suffer a scratch!
He was as amazed as were his family and friends who also ranch.
He expected broken bones or death.
I’m not familiar with the geological survey of Nevada. During my drilling career I’ve met many Americans who had experience drilling geothermal holes in Nevada. I suppose that the Federalis have the mineral and drilling rights to these Federal lands. Are there oil shales in these regions? Who has the geothermal rights? I should ask around. Tortoises and solar farms? Without higher electrical rates and subsidies, in today’s world, solar panels are an investment sinkhole.
that is enough to start a war, and they would be true to win,
the federal has no right to act like they did, and they will loose,
THE PEOPLE ARE NOT COWARD IN THERE, THEY ARE THE BRAVE FIGHTING FOR THEIR RIGHTS,
OBAMA you won’t get this one , LIKE THE EASY EXTORTIONS FROM OTHER WHICH YOU WON,
THOSE ARE THE GIANTS OF THIS AMERICA, NO WEATHER HAS PUT THEM DOWN NO FEDERAL INJUSTICE TOWARD THEM WILL BREAK THEM, YOU CAN’T TOUCH THEM
YOU WON’T TAKE THEIR WATER SOURCE, YOU WON’T KEEP THEIR CATTLE,
YOU WILL LOOSE, OBAMA DON’T HIDE UNDER THE FEDERAL
YOU ARE THE EXTORTIONER AND ALL KNOW IT,
Even if the land will be used for “utility-scale” solar and wind development, these type of “farms” still would not produce enough energy.
Other players like the Center for Biological Diversity and the Sierra Club have joined forces in this fiasco under the guise of protecting the ground water. Vote for a democratic at any level and donate one dime to these environmental orgs. join forces with them thinking they are on your side, will come back to bite you in the A$$. Period.
ON FOX THEY JUST ANOUNCE THAT THIS OPERATION IS OVER, THE FEDS ARE PULLING OUT
IN THE NEXT TWO DAYS, NO CATTLES WILL BE CEASE,
THERE IS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER AMERICA IN THERE TODAY,
YOU PEOPLE HAVE WON, GOD BLESS AMERICA, LETS SING AND THANK GOD,
YOU THE PEOPLE ARE EXTRAORDINARY, YOUR POWER IS THE GREATEST OF AMERICA,
AND FOR THIS ONE ONLY FIRST TIME YOU HAVE SHOWN WHAT POWER CAN DO,
THANK YOU,
@Ditto:
Quite true about the removal of wild horses from the open range. In that case, they’re using the “extreme drought conditions” as their excuse. Forget the fact there is little precipitation over the portion of the range they horses live on.
@oil guy from alberta:
In Nevada, there is the Chainman Shale formation. Much of it sits in Nevada, with a small portion extending into Utah. Very little exploration has been done with the cancellation of exploration permits and leases by the Department of Interior in 2009. The Obama administration is not interested in shale development, but takes credit for their development conducted on private and state lands. With 85% of the land area in Nevada in federal hands, presumably they also have the mineral and water rights on those lands.
The BLM has quit trying to gather cattle because of danger to their own employees and to the cattle and to others.
Good move.
@Kraken:
Two bulls were “euthanized.” No doubt after being declared “flat-Earthers,” members of a militia and charged with resisting arrest.
The BLM has already made agreements for all of the cattle seized (aka “rustled”) to be sold to processors where they will be re-educated into what ecologists call ‘humane treatment” (ie killed) afterward to be relocated to the vast, far expanses of climate controlled supermarkets where they will be displayed to the public who will adopt small portions of the herd for their mutual enjoyment. (The shopper’s)
Ditto:
Nevada geology is very diverse and locally complex, reflecting many serious mountain-building events and this is reflected in its vast mineral wealth, from oil to uranium, gold, and, well, you name it.
David:
I saw which way the ball was bouncing with this administration when, very soon into it, his nibs went on TV bragging about his great environmentalism. He had signed one of his executive orders to forbid even exploration of federal lands in the Escalante region of Southern Utah. This not only locked the resources away, but also quashed investment on federal lands: much money had been already spent in gearing up for a play in Utah and suddenly, it was all gone. Who wants that sort of risk?
If Harry Reid is not the biggest crook in politics right now, it’s not for a lack of effort.
@Makaya:
So true, no one would want to invest let alone risk that kind of money. In western Colorado, shale development was ready to take off when Salazar cancelled all the leases in 2009. Shell Oil which had invested nearly a billion, may be more, was not happy when the leases were cancelled. Shell got a couple leases back as “pilot projects”. I don’t know what’s to study because all the geological and environmental analyses have already been done.
The shit storm cometh? This has the potential to get very explosive. I’ve checked out what some of these folks are saying and some are making comparisons to Lexington, MA circa 1775.
http://lasvegas.cbslocal.com/2014/04/10/expect-to-see-a-band-of-soldiers-militia-members-arrive-at-nevada-ranch/
they shot two bulls, those nut should have been shot instead of attacking a cattle
in need of their bull, they did it on purose to stop the natural insimination from the bulls,
they should be in comptemp to pay for shoothing the bulls out of spite to give trouble to the RANCHER,
DAM YOU, AND THEY CLAIM TO PROTECT THEIR ENVIRONMENT,
NOT SO AS WE SEE, THEY ARE THUGS KILLING THE ENVIRONMENT
It looks like this has been resolved with cooler heads prevailing.
http://www.8newsnow.com/story/25231502/breaking-news-protesters-gather-on-i15-causing-traffic-delays-cliven-bundy-blm
@ilovebeeswarzone:
I’m pretty sure the intention of the bulls was not to naturally inseminate the BLM officers.
federal my foot, THEY FOLLOW ORDER FROM OBAMA,
HURT PEOPLE, VOTE FOR REVENGE, MAKE THEM PAY,
CLOSE THE PARKS TO VETERANS, GIVE THEM A PENALTY,
YOU BETTER SIGN OR ILL GET YOUR ASSES,
THAT IS THE MINDSET OF OBAMA WHICH REFLECT ON THOSE FEDERAL AGENTS, AND ALL HIS LOYALS FOLLOWERS,
THE IRS PUNISH THEM WHO EVER EXPOSE OBAMA,HIS THUGS GO TO PEACEFULL CITIZENS AND TELL THEM THEY MUST PAY FOR BREAKING A LAW IN THE 200000PAGES BOOK,
THEY ARE FREAKING THE PEOPLE WHO PAY, THOSE
EXTORTIONIST FOR OBAMA,
Ditto
a cattel need their bulls , and those federal stupid ass and spitefull revenge on killing the bulls,
WHO SURELY WHERE PROTECTING THE HERD,
NOW THERE IS A MILITIA COMING AND THE FEDS FREAKE OUT,
BEFORE THE MILITIA ARRIVE,
SOME CONFRONTATION HAD TO BEGIN,
BECAUSE THE OBAMA HAS BEEN DOING IT HIDDING BEHIND,
THE ONE WHO FOLLOW HIS EVIL ORDER,
AND THE COWBOY WILL FIX HIS ASS ONCE AND FOR ALL,
What is frustrating is Harry is part of the same ‘political party’ -democrats- who consistently demonizes and consistently contend Republicans just care about the rich… ahem…meanwhile, back on the ‘ranch’ and being the ‘kind’ of ‘caring for the little guy’ that Harry is….he stands to create some (more) ‘wealth’ for himself …hey…is he gonna spread that wealth around and will that be after Obama has lectured him… saying ….hey Harry…”haven’t you made enough?” or before?
If people do not see the hypocricy of the democrats, the brazen lies….they are just totally lost…
How’s all that Hopey Changey still working out for everyone? Still like it??
If only the rancher started spouting poetry, then Harry might have intervened, but seeing as his son stands to profit off the solar land grab deal, probably not.
David:
Good points. In general, pilot projects are undertaken to assess the engineering and/or cost basis for further development after the resource has been identified, mapped, and geologically evaluated. The understanding is if the pilot processes work out and the cost/benefit is there, the main project goes ahead. I doubt very seriously that will be the result of these particular “pilots.”
@MAKAYA:
The intended result is more money in the pocket of Harry Reid.
Ditto
JUGE JEANINE HAS A GOOD SHOW TONIGHT, BETWWEN THE BLN AND BUNDY WOW SHE GAVE IT RAW,
FOR THE FEDS TO SWALLOW,
AND SHE WENT ON BENGHASI MORELL ANSWER HE WANTED TO PROTECT THE FEELING OF MUSLIMS
ANOTHER VET
NICE TO HAVE YOU HERE,
THANK YOU FOR THE GOOD LINK YOU PROVIDE,
they stupidly mentione the turtles to be in danger,
wow it seem that they are well taken care of in there,
they are so big it’S obvious they eat well,
and one was Saying there never been any turtle stepped on by a cattle
those feds had the wrong idea that trying to intimdate THE GOOD RANCHER,
BY SCARING HIM AND STEEL HIS CATTLE, THEY SHOT THEMSELVES in the eyes,
the STATES GOT TOGETHER AND CAME RIGHT IN THEIR FACE WITH THE MILICIA,
that was good. TO SEE, IT WILL TEACH OBAMA A LESSON ON THE FREEDOM FOR AMERICA,
IS NOT TO BE LAUGHT AT, AND TAKEN LIGHTLY,
@Nanny G: #13
Replace the words AN ANIMAL with the words THE MILITIA and it might mean what they are actually thinking.
I have wondered what the actual members of police departments, sheriff’s offices, and federal agencies are thinking about the situation they are in. Are they for it, against it, or don’t have enough info to decide either way? It would be great if each one could be asked anonymously what they thought of the situation. Are most of them really against what is going on, but afraid of loosing their jobs if they don’t do what they are told? We have to keep in mind that they are just doing their job by obeying their superiors.
If the feds are wrong, this is exactly why our founding fathers said there should be a militia.
THE KOSH BROTHERS WOULD NEVER HAVE DONE THAT,
maybe we should give them the task To be THE LEADERS OF AMERICA,
they show success in their businesses, that is better than any speechs,
@oil guy from alberta: #14
So are wind farms, gasohol, and other alternative energy programs, but the businesses who make the devices they use can still make money selling them, knowing that they will cost more to operate than the profits they produce.
It is like a story on the news many years ago. They told about a foreign aid factory the USA built for a country. I don’t remember which one. This is how foreign aid USUALLY works. The factory had to be built by an American company. The dictator agreed, because he got his cut of the money. They had to hire local workers, so they were happy. The American contractor was paid to build the factory, so they were happy. The contractor donated to the politicians, so they were happy. EVERYBODY WAS HAPPY.
At the end of the story, they showed an areal view of the factory. It was a big factory, and it looked great from the air. Then the reporter said that the only problem was that the factory was built where there wasn’t any electricity.
Follow the money. It always seems to start with donations to politicians. I’m guessing that a lot of politicians got big donations from people who figure on making money off of the land. If I had enough money, I would donate enough to the politicians I believe in, and tell them just to do the right thing. That way they could vote their concience, and not worry about raising enough money for the elections.
Keep in mind that over the years there have been inventions that have given cars up to 100 miles per gallon, then either the devise, additive, or the inventor vanish. This has been going on all of my life. A news story will tell of a product that increases the mileage my 20%, and I wait for the device to show up in vehicles, but they never do. I’m told that the oil companies buy the patents, and never make the devices. I don’t know if it is true.
@Smorgasbord:
To protect the citizens from the tyranny of illegal actions by the government.
@Smorgasbord:
I remember that story, happened somewhere in Africa
@Ditto: #21
LOL
@another vet: #25
I expect to see more militia events like this when the feds try more stuff like this. The only problem I have is the ones who lose their temper, start throwing out the cuss words, and even use threatening movements and language. They have to remember that they are the good guys, and that the propaganda media are only going to report on the most violent ones there, and use it as propaganda against them. They need to use the same standards the Tea Party requires at their rallies: No cussing, no threatening, no inappropriate signs, no arguing, etc.
SMORGASBORD
I THOUGHT IT WAS IN AFGHANISTAN,
yes you’re right about the MILICIA,
Ithink if i”m right they came from MONTANA,
am i right? they surely tilt the weight at the right side.
they made a difference,
@ilovebeeswarzone:
may be.
JOHN SCOTT
HAD A GOOD SHOW, I SAW IT THE LAST TIME ,
AND MISTAKEN HIM FOR JOHN ROBERT ,
SORRY JOHN
@Redteam: Our founding fathers said that they were more afraid of their own government than anything else. This is why they wanted the citizens to be able to physically defend themselves AGAINST THIER OWN GOVERNMENT. They didn’t want the United States of America to become like what they came from. Their fears have never been more justified than today.
@ilovebeeswarzone: #45
Fox News said that some people even came from New Hampshire.
Smorgasbord
that is good like today, the STATES GOT TOGETHER, IT DID CREATE A POWER
WELL NEEDED, AND PRODUCE RESULTS, FAST,