On September 1, 2013, The Sagebrush Habitat Conservation Fund completed the permanent retirement from livestock grazing of over 130,000 acres of public land in the former 45 and Tent Creek grazing allotments […]
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“Grazing Must Yield” On Public Lands In Southwestern Idaho
Federal Court Decision Holds That Protecting Sage-Grouse Must Take Priority Over Livestock Grazing in Owyhee Canyonlands and beyond in Southwest Idaho Early last week the federal district court of Idaho […]
Obama Administration Refuses to Reform Public-lands Grazing Fee
Fee is only $1.35 to graze a calf cow pair for a month. Obama Administration Refuses to Reform Public-lands Grazing Fee For immediate release – January 18, 2011 Contacts: Greta […]
Federal Government Releases Public-Lands Grazing Fee For 2008 is Lower Than Ever, Despite Rising Costs To Taxpayers
New on Feb. 8. Rocky Barker. Low federal grazing fees lie at heart of calls for reform. Idaho Statesman. Feb. 6. This news release came from the Arizona Office of […]
Nez Perce Clearwater Forests Plan Leaves Out Protection For Many Wildlands
Lochsa River on the Nez Perce Clearwater NF, Idaho. Photo George Wuerthner The Nez Perce Clearwater National Forests in central-northern Idaho contain more wildlands than almost any other national forest […]
Livestock Grazing In Wilderness Areas
“The grazing of livestock, where established prior to the effective date of this Act, shall be permitted to continue subject to such reasonable regulations as are deemed necessary by the […]
Voluntary Grazing Permit Retirement Act
Cattle grazing in the Blue Range Wilderness of New Mexico. Photo George Wuerthner Anyone who has ever worked on public lands livestock issues knows that modifying the negative impacts of […]
The Social Carbon Cost of Public Land Livestock Grazing
Public land livestock grazing has a significant social cost in terms of carbon emissions contributing to climate warming. Grand Staircase-Escalante NM Utah. Photo George Wuerthner An important paper was published […]