The tug-of-war over undeveloped land in the U.S. is nothing new, but in 2014 Cliven and Ammon Bundy escalated their dispute over cattle grazing permits in Nevada to another level. Their clash against the federal Bureau of Land Management would galvanize a movement – and set the stage for one of the largest armed uprisings against the government in American history, with lasting consequences for the environment.

Featured in this episode: 

Betsy Gaines Quammen

Sources:

Betsy Gaines Quammen's book American Zion: Cliven Bundy, God and Public Lands in the West

PBS’s Frontline’s documentary American Patriot.

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