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IGNACIA

.MORENO

A s s i s t a n t

Attorney

General

TERRY

M. ETRIE,

ttorney

STEPHEN R. TERRELL ttorney

United S t a t e s Department

o f

u s t i c e .

Environment a n d

N a t u r a l

Resources

D i v i s i o n

N a t u r a l Resources

S e c t i o n

999

1 8 t h S t r e e t South

T e r r a c e S u i t e

370

Denver,

CO

80202

Telephone: 303)

844

-1369

F a c s i m i l e : 303)

844

-1350

T e r r y . P e t r i e@u s d oj go v

S t e p h e n . T e r r e l l

@u s d oj gov

DANIEL .BOGDEN

United S t a t e s

A t t o r n e y \

NADIA

HMED

S p e c i a l A s s i s t a n t United S t a t e s

Attorney

333 Las

Veg as

Blvd.

South,

u i t e

5000

Las Vegas,

NV 89101

Telephone:

702)

388-6336

F a c s i m i l e : 702) 388-6698

ATTORNEYS

FOR THE

UNITED STATES

IN

THEUNITEDSTATES

DISTRICT

COURT

DISTRICT

OF

NEVADA

UNITED STATESOF

AMERICA

P l a i n t i f f

CLIVENBUNDY

Defendant.

No .

2:12- c v -

804-LDG

-G

WF

DECLARATION

BY

M RY

INSON

DECLARATIONBYM RY

INSON

I

M a r y

Hinson, d o d e c l a r e as

o l l o w s :

1

U.S. Mot. Summ. J. - Ex. 10 - Hinson Dec. - of 5

Case 2:12-cv-00804-LDG-GWF Document 24 Filed 12/21/12 Page 1 of 31



I have

p e r s o n a l

knowledge of

h e

m a t t e r s s e t

f o r t h i n t h i s

D e c l a r a t i o n .

I am hief

Ramer

i r t h e

U n i ~ e c l

S l a t e s

Department of h e

I n t e r i o r

National Park

S e r v i c e

(NPS)

t

Lake

Mead

ational Recreation

Area Lake

MeadNRA).

have

worked

f o r

t h e NPS

i n c e May

993.

I have

been i n my

u r r e n t

p o s i t i o n

s i n c e J u l y

2006.

P r e v i o u s l y I was h e Deputy

Chief

anger a t

Lake

Mead

NR etween February

2004

and

J u l y

2006,

and D i s t r i c t

Ranger

—Mead

i s t r i c t

(formerly

known

s

Boulder Basin)

a t

Lake

MeadNR etween

March

2001 and

February

2004.

2. As hief

anger am

e s p o n s i b l e

f o r

t h e

o v e r a l l

programming,

planning and o p e r a t i o n a l

d i r e c t i o n

of

h e V i s i t o r and

Resource

P r o t e c t i o n

team

t o

include

Law

nforcement,

I n v e s t i g a t i o n s Resource

Management and

P r o t e c t i o n

Search

and

Rescue,

Communications, Emergency

Medical

S e r v i c e s

S t r u c t u r a l and

Wildland

F i r e

Suppression,

Water A c t i v i t i e s

and

S p e c i a l

Park

Use

Programs

a t

Lake

Mead

NRA.

s u p e r v i s e

a

o t a l

of

70

ermanent employees

and

approximately

15

seasonal

employees.

I n d i r e c t l y

s u p e r v i s e

all a s p e c t s

of

V i s i t o r and

Resource

p r o t e c t i o n

as

d e n t i f i e d above

n

t h e area of Lake Mead

NR

f f e c t e d by

t r e s p a s s and s t r a y

c a t t l e

which

includes

the

west

s i d e of h e

Overton

Arm

f Lake Mead rom

E c ho

Bay

o r t h t o t h e

northern

boundary

of

Lake

Mead

NR nd

along

t h e e a s t s i d e

of

he Overton

Arm

f Lake Mead

o

the

Arizona

s t a t e l i n e

and

r e f e r r e d

t o

as t h e

Overton

Arm

/Gold

Butte Area

Overton

Arm/Gold Butte Area). The

Overton

Arm

/Gold

Butte

Area

corresponds

t o

the area

marked as

New respass Lands

and

Former

Bunkerville

Allotment within Lake

Mead

NR hown

on the map

t t a c h e d t o

t h i s d e c l a r a t i o n

as

Attachment A. As

a r t of

my e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s

I r o u t i n e l y review r e p o r t s

memos,

omputer

a s s i s t e d d i s p a t c h

(CAD)

r e p o r t s

c r i m i n a l i n c i d e n t r e p o r t s and

o r a l

b r i e f i n g s by t h e

Lake Mead

NR aw

enforcement

t a f f

on

a

number

of

s s u e s

i n c l u d i n g

the

presence

and

impacts

from

t r e s p a s s

and

s t r a y

c a t t l e

on

e s o u r c e s

v i s i t o r s

and

s t a f f and park

o p e r a t i o n s . As

he

Chief

and

Deputy Chief

anger

a t

Lake

MeadNR have

d e a l t

with and been

r e s p o n s i b l e

f o r NPS's responses t o

t r e s p a s s and

s t r a y

c a t t l e w i t h i n

the

Overton

Arm

/Gold

Butte Area. a t t l e

a r e not

a u t h o r i z e d

t o be

within

t h e Overton

Arm/Gold

Butte

Area and

t h e i r presence i s a v i o l a t i o n ofNPS

e g u l a t i o n s .

C a t t l e

have

damaged

park resources

and

have

p r e s e n t e d a

danger

to

v i s i t o r s

a t

Lake MeadNRA.

3. I f i r s t be came

aware

of he presence

and

impacts

of a t t l e

i n

t h e

Overton

Arm

/Gold

Butte

Area

upon my

r r i v a l t o Lake Mead

NR n

March

of

001. was

r i e f e d

t h a t

t r e s p a s s

and s t r a y

c a t t l e

were

within the Overton

Arm

/Gold Butte

Area and

were known o

damage

e s o u r c e s .

4. In

response

t o

an

i n c r e a s e

i n

the

number of

r e s p a s s

and

s t r a y

c a t t l e

I p a r t i c i p a t e d i n

a

telephone

c a l l

with Cliven

Bundy n

2004 about the

presence

of

i s

c a t t l e

within Lake

Mead

NRA,

long both

the

e a s t and

west i d e s

of h e

Overton

Arm f Lake Mead. Kent

Turner,

then

t h e

Chief of esources

o r t h e

NPS t

Lake

Mead

NRA,

as

a l s o

on h e c a l l .

Mr. Turner

informed

Mr. Bundy h a t

h i s

c a t t l e

were

within Lake

MeadNR

ithout

a u t h o r i z a t i o n

were causing resource

damage

within the

park,

and

requested t h a t

he

2





i d e n t i f i a b l e b r a n d s o r e a r m a r k s ,

and

9

a t t l e b u t

none w i t h

i d e n t i f i a b l e

brands

o r

e a r m a r k s . Ranger

Wollenburg

i l e d r e p o r t s

f o r o b s e r v a t i o n s

of a t t l e

on

February

1 8 ,

2012

—

3 a t t l e b u t none w i t h

i d e n t i f i a b l e b r a n d s

o r earmarks;

on March 1 ,

20124

a t t l e

w i t h t h r e e of

h e

c a t t l e

h a v i n g b r a n d s

and

/ o r earmarks

a s s i g n e d t o

C l i v e n Bu nd y ;

on June

29,2012 —

2

a t t l e

b u t none

w i t h i d e n t i f i a b l e

b r a n d s

o r

e a r m a r k s ;

and on

Nove m b e r 1 2 ,

20128

a t t l e

w i t h

two

having

h e

b r a n d s o r

earmarks

s s i g n e d

t o

C l i v e n

Bundy.

A

r u e

and c o r r e c t copy of h e r e p o r t s

f i l e d

b y Rangers

Neel

and

Wollenburg

o r t h e

o b s e r v a t i o n s

on J a n u a r y

7,

a n u a r y 1 0 ,

F e b r u a r y

18,

March

1 , June 29,

2012,

and

November 1 2 , 2012 r e a t t a c h e d t o

t h i s

d e c l a r a t i o n

a s

Attachment

D.

9 .

On arch

27,

2012,

h e

Deputy S u p e r i n t e n d e n t

of

Lake Me a d

NRA

e q u e s t e d

t h a t

I

c a l l

C l i v e n

B u n d y

n r e s p o n s e

t o

t h e

t h r e a t

of a f e t y

t o NPS

t a f f and

v i s i t o r s

a s w e l l a s

da m ag e

o r e s o u r c e s

from t h e

c o n t i n u e d p r e s e n c e of

r e s p a s s

c a t t l e on o r n e a r Northshore

R oad w i t h i n t h e Overton

Arm

/Gold

B u t t e

Area.

On

arch 27,

2012, c o n t a c t e d

Corey

Houston, a

former employee of l i v e n

Bundy,

and

asked

h i m

o remove

h e

t r e s p a s s

c a t t l e .

Mr. Houston had a r r a n g e d

t o

remove

Mr. Bundy s

a t t l e f r om

w i t h i n

Lake

Me a d

NRA u r i n g

2011.

Mr.

Houston

a l l e d

me

ack

and

t o l d

me

e no

o n g e r worked o r

Mr .

Bundy. Mr. Houston gave me

r . Bundy s

ho m e

n u m b e r and

c e l l

phone numb er.

c a l l e d

and l e f t

a message on b o t h phone

i n e s .

On

arch

28,

Mr. Bun d y

r e t u r n e d

my

a l l .

We

i s c u s s e d t h e

l o c a t i o n

of i s c a t t l e

w i t h i n t h e

Overton

Arm

/Gold

B u t t e Area.

t o l d

Mr.

B u n d y h a t h i s

cows

were on

h e

Northshore

Ro a d

and

I

w as

concerned o r t h e s a f e t y

of

NPS

mployees a s

w e l l

a s t h e

p u b l i c . Mr.

B u n d y

a g r e e d

w i t h

me

nd

s t a t e d

he r e a l i z e d

h i s

c a t t l e were not

allowed on h e W e s t

i d e

of

h e Overton

A r m . gave

h i m

t h e

approximate

l o c a t i o n of a t t l e . Mr. Bun d y

s a i d

he

would

a t t e m p t

t o

l o c a t e them t h a t day

and

round them

up

over h e weekend.

On a t u r d a y

I spoke w i t h

Mr.

B u n d y and we

d i s c u s s e d u t i l i z i n g t h e

Overton Developed

A r ea

a t t h e end

of h e

Overton Beach Ro a d

w i t h i n t h e Overton

Arm

/Gold

B u t t e

Area) o

r emove

a t t l e .

On

o n d a y , pri12,2012,

when

r e t u r n e d

t o

work, r e t r i e v e d a message

on

my

hone from Mr. Bun d y

n which

he

s t a t e d t h a t he

had removed 1 3 . h e a d

of a t t l e o f f

h e

N o r t h s h o r e

Ro a d w i t h i n

Lake Me a d

NRA.

Mr. B u n d y l s o

r e q u e s t e d

t h a t

I l e t h i m k n o w

f

t h e NPS

aw any

m o r e

of i s

c a t t l e .

1 0 .

On

May

6, 2012, w as

o n t a c t e d

b y

C l i v e n B u n d y

on

my

e l l

phone. Mr. Bun d y s t a t e d

t h a t

he

wanted

p e r m i s s i o n

t o c l e a r a

r o u t e

b y

b u r n i n g , c u t t i n g and

/ o r c l e a r i n g

v e g e t a t i o n

w i t h i n t h e Overton

Arm

/Gold

B u t t e

A r ea

where

he

had

g a t h e r e d 40

o 50

head

of i s

c a t t l e

so

h a t t h e c a t t l e c o u l d be

m ove d

f r om t h e west

s i d e of h e

Overton

Arm f Lake

Me a d

o

t h e e a s t

s i d e

of h e Overton A r m .

I t o l d h i m t

w as a h o l i d a y

weekend and h a t

we

were n f i r e

r e s t r i c t i o n

so

no i r e s

would b e a l l o w e d .

I

a l s o

t o l d

h i m

h a t I

would

need

t o b r i e f Lake M e a d

NRA

anagemen t on

h e

r e q u e s t b u t

b e l i e v e d

h i s

r e q u e s t would be

d e n i e d . I asked

t o

meet h i m where h e c a t t l e

were

l o c a t e d

so

I c o u l d

g e t

a b e t t e r

i d e a of

t h e

s i t u a t i o n . He

o l d me

e w as

n a

h u r r y because

he had

r e c e i v e d a e t t e r

s t a t i n g he

ha d

t o m ov e

h i s

c a t t l e .

He

o l d

me e w as

u s i n g

a

h e l i c o p t e r

t o

round

t h e

c a t t l e

up

h a t he

c o u l d

n o t

w a i t t o o l o n g .

I c a l l e d

h i m

back and

t o l d

h i m

n o t

t o

burn o r c u t a n y t h i n g

and

t o

p l a n on u s i n g t h e

Overton

Developed Area

o r emove

a t t l e .

He

o l d

me h a t he

had

run

them t o o f a r

p a s t

t h e a r e a and t h a t he

would

r y t o f i g u re

something

e l s e o u t .

I

t o l d

hi m

n o t

t o b u r n , c u t o r d e s t r o y

any

v e g e t a t i o n . I

ask

C h r i s

Raynolds,

h e M e a d

D i s t r i c t Ranger





a t

Lake

Mead NRA nd s u p e r v i s e d by

me,

o

c o n t a c t Mr.

Bundy

o f i n d

out what

happened

t o t h e s e

c a t t l e .

Mr. Bundy

d i d not e t u r n

Mr.

Raynolds

c a l l s .

1

1 .

J u l y

30,

012,Lake Mead NRA

aw

nforcement

Ranger

Stephen

Neel

o f my t a f f

p a r t i c i p a t e d

i n an

a e r i a l

and

ground survey

o f a t t l e

w i t h i n t h e

Overton Arm/Gold

Butte

Area.

I

a s s i g n e d

Ranger Neel

o

submit

a e p o r t o f

h e s u r v e y

combining d a t a from t h e

survey

from o t h e r

Lake

Mead

NRA t a f f .

In

a d d i t i o n t o

Ranger

Neel, Lake

Mead

NRA

Law nforcement

Ranger

and P i l o t

Bruce Lenon

and A l i c e

Newton, shley

i p k i n

Dara

S c h e r p e n i s s e Tom u l l e r and

Henry

Weckesser

o f h e

Lake

Mead NRA a t u r a l

Resources

D i v i s i o n s t a f f

p a r t i c i p a t e d

i n t h e s u r v e y .

On

h e

ground Lake Mead

NRA

t a f f

documented6 a t t l e

o n

h e e a s t s i d e o f h e

Overton

Arm

f Lake

Mead

near Glory

Hole

and a

u l l o n h e

west i d e o f h e

Overton

Arm

e a r

Overton

Beach. In

a d d i t i o n Ranger

Lenon observed

from a f i x e d

-wing

a i r c r a f t a

o t a l

o f 5

a t t l e w i t h i n

Lake Mead NRA

s

shown

o n h e map t t a c h e d t o

Ranger Neel s

r e p o r t . No rands

or earmarks

were

i d e n t i f i e d o n h e c a t t l e

observed o n J u l y 30,

012.

A

r u e

and

c o r r e c t copy of

h e

r e p o r t

s u b m i t t e d by Ranger

Neel

s

a t t a c h e d t o

t h i s

d e c l a r a t i o n

as

Attachment

E.

Pursuant

o 2 8 U.S.C. §

1746, d e c l a r e under

p e n a l t y o f

e r j u r y

under

h e

laws

o f h e

United

S t a t e s t h a t t h e

f o r e g o i n g i s

t r u e

and

c o r r e c t t o

t h e

b e s t

o fmy

nowledge.

Signed this

day

o f

012 t

Boulder C i t y

Nevada.

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Mary Hinson





ATTACHMENT A TO DECLARATION BY MARY HINSON

United States v. Bundy, No. 2:12‐cv‐804‐LDG‐GWF

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