CSMonitor: In the sparse Nevada rangeland this weekend, US western history came alive with a fight over cattle that threatened to turn violent.

In the end, federal land managers backed down, giving rancher Cliven Bundy his 400 head of cattle. The cows, which had been rounded up on public land where Mr. Bundy’s herd had grazed for years, represented a classic clash of values: Old West traditions and practices versus New West environmental sensibilities.

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