Almost 3/4 of the land in Nevada is controlled by the BLM. This Nevada BLM ground is almost all land that has been grazed (which other than mining is the only real productive use for it) since the 1800???s, long before either the Taylor Grazing Act or the BLM. The U.S. Land office would grant an 80-acre or 160-acre core homestead near a potable water source and sell the homesteading rancher the pe