BLM: Announcing its intent to violate federal law once again

note:  In  clear violation of the very laws BLM claims as some of its basis for authority over the wild horses, helicopters will be used to hunt and herd the animals in an operation closed to the public.  I suppose when you are commiting a felony and causing the injury or death of the very animals you were supposed to be protecting, its better to have no witnesses.  Secrecy is needed only when you knowingly are violating the law.  Hopefully, somewhere in Nevada and/or California is an individual or group who will move to bring charges against everyone from the pilots right up to Ken Salazar.  Marti 

BLM Nevada News
NEVADA STATE OFFICE NO. 2010-021
FOR RELEASE: June 30, 2010
CONTACT: Heather Emmons, (775) 861-6594, heather_emmons@blm.gov

BLM Issues Temporary Closure on Public Lands
Elko, Nev.—Certain areas on public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in northwestern Elko County will be temporarily closed to public access, use and occupancy at varying times and locations from July 6 through July 31, 2010.  The temporary closure involves about 27,000 acres and is necessary to help ensure the safety of the public, contractors and government employees, and wild horses, and to ensure the orderly progress of the Tuscarora wild horse gather operations.  The public will have the opportunity to attend the gather on specifically scheduled and escorted visitation days.  

The sites identified for temporary closure are locations the BLM has used during previous gathers in the Owyhee, Rock Creek and Little Humboldt Herd Management Areas over the past 10 years.  Some of the gather sites are on public land and some are on private land.  The temporary closure would be in effect only on public land.  Not all of the lands identified for temporary closure will be closed during the entire period.  The public will be authorized to use those areas where gather operations are not in progress.  Areas from which the public will be temporarily excluded will be dependent upon the actual area of operation which will be variable according to the needs of the gather contractor.  Areas temporarily closed to public access will be posted at main entry points with signs.  

Once gather operations are concluded in specific areas, those portions of the public lands will be reopened.  The temporary closure may be lifted prior to July 31 if gather operations are completed before that date.  

Helicopters will be used during the gather operation.  The BLM will remove about 1,100 excess wild horses from within the Owyhee, Rock Creek and Little Humboldt Herd Management Areas (HMAs) and outside of these HMAs to bring the number of wild horses in the area to the appropriate management level range of 337-561 animals.  The HMAs cover about 455,000 acres in Elko County, about 90 miles northwest of Elko, Nev.

For more information, call David Overcast, Tuscarora Field Manager, at 775-753-0320.

—BLM—

Wyoming Bill Seeks to Combat Federal Distortions of Commerce Clause, 2nd Amendment – Includes Penalties of up to Two Years in Prison for Federal Agents Violating the Law.

Michael Boldin [send him email] is the founder of the Tenth Amendment Center

“When a state ‘nullifies’ a federal law, it is proclaiming that the law in question is void and inoperative, or ‘non-effective,’ within the boundaries of that state; or, in other words, not a law as far as the state is concerned.”

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10th Amendment Center – Wyoming State Representative Allen Jaggi has introduced a “Firearms Freedom Act” (FFA) for the state – it’s filed as House Bill 95 (HB95).

While the FFA’s title focuses on gun regulations, it has far more to do with the federal violations of the commerce clause, which D.C. has used as an excuse to prohibit and regulate everything from wheat, to marijuana to guns.

If passed, the bill would provide “that specified firearms that are manufactured, sold, purchased, possessed and used exclusively within Wyoming shall be exempt from federal regulation, including registration requirements”

Some supporters of the legislation say that a successful application of such a state-law would set a strong precedent and open the door for states to take their own positions on a wide range of other activities that they see as not being authorized to the Federal Government by the Constitution.

Wyoming joins 21 other states considering similar legislation – including New Hampshire, Virginia and Missouri.