"Tell your stupid Ranch tooth to shut up!"

In Nevada, family ranches are disappearing at a rapid rate to try and accommodate the fast-growing population. Nevada is not only home to some of the oldest ranches, but now to some of the newest mansions. Throughout the West, not just Nevada, cities and suburbs have crept onto farmland, looking to expand housing. Most ranchers are cash poor but land rich, have sold mot if not all of their land. A group like the Nature Conservancy has made a valiant effort to conserve the ranches by attempting to persuade the ranchers not to sell, and by buying development rights. However, ranching families don't want to give up that easily. For most, their ranch is a way of life; it's all they know. These ranches carry much more value than the developers assume it to have and the ranchers are finding it difficult to lose it all and start over in an unfamiliar setting.

The situation of vanishing ranches in Nevada is much like the situation the Indians were in years ago. They were perfectly content living free on their land until America started to become commercialized and overcrowded. Like what's happening in Nevada, the cities and suburbs began to expand. Soon, the Indians' land was taken from them without their say in the matter. However, the United States Government did cut the Indians some slack. They set aside small parcels of land for the Indians to reside upon, called reservations. The Indians had their land sniped from right under them. This is the fear that is ever-present in the hearts of Nevadians.


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