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How the Maudes survived and settled with the US Forest Service
['Jennifer Carrico', 'Dtn Senior Livestock Editor']
Western Livestock Journal
“We never touched the acres in question after the May 1 (2024) meeting (with the Forest Service).
“Charles then could plant something on the entire field, which was a lot of work, because the Forest Service side had weeds over 5 feet tall.
This Act, originally passed in 1983, is a U.S. law that allows the Forest Service to sell, exchange or interchange small parcels of National Forest System land to resolve land disputes.
A survey crew was sent out to appraise the land and on Oct. 27, 2025, the Maudes received a purchase agreement from the U.S. Forest Service.
— Jennifer Carrico, DTN senior livestock editor(Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part special series about the Maude family’s fence line dispute with the U.S. Forest Service.