Locals remove fencing erected by group claiming 1,400 acres of U.S. Forest Service land in southwestern Colorado

Locals remove fencing erected by group claiming 1,400 acres of U.S. Forest Service land in southwestern Colorado

A conflict brewing in southwestern Colorado between locals and a group of FLDS survivors calling themselves the Free Land Holders Committee escalated Thursday when ranchers began tearing down barbed-wire fencing the group had erected around about 1,400 acres of San Juan National Forest land.