In this story, the rancher describes the scenario thusly:
".... two dummies like he and I go into debt ranching the first year and they’re trying to jerk our leases out of there.”

Said dummies bought the ranch in the middle of the process to determine whether ranching would continue on the #SanPedroRiparianNCA, a place that was never legally authorized for #grazing in the first place.

Hard to dispute his assessment.

https://www.myheraldreview.com/news/cochise_county/blm-finalizes-decision-to-renew-sprnca-grazing-permits-despite-protests/article_2722f548-d810-11ed-87ad-d7fe4d898917.html

The #SanPedroRiparianNCA deserves better than to be used as a nasty cow pasture. This is a biodiversity hotspot, an important flyway, a ribbon of green in a sere landscape. #BureauofLandManagement needs to get its act together or we'll have to sue... again.... and again.... and again....

#LivestockDamage

https://tucson.com/news/local/conservationists-chart-livestock-damage-at-san-pedro-river-preserve/article_b30d4c6a-d7c1-11ed-acdf-9b01764dba19.html#tracking-source=home-top-story

This is the #BabocomariRiver in southern Arizona on the #SanPedroRiparianNCA, managed by the #BureauofLandManagement for, apparently, livestock.

The enabling legislation says "CONSERVE, PROTECT, ENHANCE" which the Bureau has interpreted to mean "Cattle, Poop, and Entitlement." New decision today allows livestock grazing to continue in these 'protected' lands.

https://westernwatersheds.org/2023/04/federal-managers-authorize-cattle-in-san-pedro-riparian-national-conservation-area/