Sheriff ordered to cut BLM padlocks

[tod evans]

Rural New Mexico county fights feds over water rights

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/05/17/rural-new-mexico-county-fights-feds-over-water-rights/

The latest dispute over federal control of land and water in the West has erupted along the banks of the Agua Chiquita, a small spring-fed stream in the mountains of southern New Mexico where the federal government has installed metal fences and locked gates to keep cattle out.

The move has enraged one rural county, where the sheriff has been ordered by the county commission to cut the locks. The U.S. attorney for the district of New Mexico hoped a meeting Friday would ease tensions enough to avoid an escalation like the armed standoff last month over grazing rights in Nevada.

The discussion resulted only in more frustration and disappointment.

Otero County Commissioner Ronny Rardin said after the meeting that the dispute was far from over.

"Ultimately, it is incumbent upon the commission, the sheriff and the citizens of Otero County to stand up for our constitutional rights," he said.

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[phill4paul]

Good! Keep hitting at them. From all sides.

[Origanalist]

Good! Keep hitting at them. From all sides.

I wonder if he's done it yet.

[UtahApocalypse]

The Forest Service says the enclosures are meant to protect what's left of the wetland habitat. Forest Supervisor Travis Moseley said the metal fences and gates simply replaced strands of barbed wire that had been wrecked over the years by herds of elk.

So the agency that is claiming to do this to protect natural wetland habitat, is now blocking natural habitat of Elk.

[donnay]

BLM is helping the UN push Agenda 21.