Maude family at USDA news conference in Washington, D.C. 4/30/2025 Photo Courtesy: Gov. Rhoden's office
WASHINGTON, DC (KELO.com) — It’s a dispute that started about a year ago in the remote stretches of the Buffalo Gap National Grasslands of western South Dakota. A five-generation ranching family found themselves being accused of stealing the use of land from the U.S. Forest Service. The family started grazing cattle and working that land as far back as 1910 – long before the Forest Service existed.
With the help of neighbors, state officials and South Dakota’s Congressional Delegation, that dispute went all the way from the Grasslands to the Oval Office this past week, as the charges against Charles and Heather Maude were dropped by the Trump Administration.
Tom Rooney has more on their harrowing journey…
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