“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.