Bishop Uncovers Additional DOI Documents, Secret Strategizing 14 Missing Pages from National Monument Document Show Land-hungry BLM
Washington, Aug 11, 2010 | 7 comments
Congressman Rob Bishop (UT-01), Chairman of the Congressional Western Caucus, today announced that he recently obtained the preceding 14 pages previously missing from an internal Department of Interior (DOI) memo leaked last February. The original document obtained in February by Bishop detailed planning within the DOI to use the Antiquities Act to potentially designate up to 13 million acres throughout the West as new national monuments. The newly obtained 14 pages further detail plans within the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to completely overhaul the way federal lands are managed in the U.S., including the creation of new ecosystem areas that require the acquisition
http://robbishop.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=203312
We’ve apparently just seen the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the Bureau of Land Management’s efforts to seize as much land as possible and put it into federal lands.
After terrorizing a peaceful rancher with militarized federal police just a few weeks ago, the BLM announced an effort to seize 90,000 acres of Texas land, which sparked outrage from Texas leaders including Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, Gov. Rick Perry, and Sen. Ted Cruz.
Now, a western House member has apparently discovered 14 pages of leaked documents which indicate that the BLM’s land grab doesn’t stop with Texas. The
http://conservativetribune.com/armed-feds-surround-rancher/