How a National Monument Put a Sixth-Generation Arizona Ranch in Limbo

Podcast: The Heart of Rural America · Amanda Radke

Opublikowano: 2026-09-23

Takeaways A national monument designation can leave ranchers in limbo for years. Chris Heaton explains how a 2023 proclamation listing drainages and grasslands as protected "objects" left his family unable to get straight answers on maintaining stock ponds or adding new water improvements.The Heatons' federal lawsuit with Pacific Legal Foundation was dismissed for lack of standing, but they are weighing a refile or an appeal, and their bigger goal is to fix the Antiquities Act so no president can lock up millions of acres on their own.Submitting your story to the USDA lawfare portal can lead somewhere...