Utah rancher enjoys free home on the range, courtesy of U.S. taxpayers
For 45 years, a San Juan County family has lived in a farm compound on public lands in Fry Canyon, now inside Bears Ears, where they hold BLM grazing permits.
(Google Earth) A digital aerial view of Fry Canyon, within the Bears Ears National Monument boundaries in San Juan County. The Bureau of Land Management has allowed ranchers Sandy and Gail Johnson to live on public land in the canyon, now inside Bears Ears, without rent for 45 years.