Conservation groups sue BLM for rangeland degradation

by High Country News | September 13, 2023
The Bureau of Land Management oversees 246 million acres of land — scrubby sagebrush, rolling deserts and dense forests — mostly in the Western U.S. It’s home to all sorts of things, from sage grouse, pronghorn and ponderosa pines to dirt bikers, cows and drilling infrastructure. But ...

Senator presses BLM on vacant grazing land in Washington

“I can’t imagine that out of 40,000 acres there isn’t a sizable percentage that BLM couldn’t work with farmers and ranchers in the area to lease,” Schoesler said. Environmental organizations are looking to reduce grazing on BLM land. Western Watersheds Project ...

Lawsuit Demands BLM Step Up Range Health Protections

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Agency Let Go of Oversight Reins on 155-Million Acre Livestock Program ...

Guest column: The Bureau of Land Management is ignoring its most serious land-health problem

by Bozeman Daily Chronicle | September 8, 2023
In a recent opinion piece, Bureau of Land Management Director Tracy Stone-Manning claims her agency has a renewed focus on land health. However, she fails to make even a single mention of the most pervasive land-health problem the agency faces: livestock-caused ecological destruction ...
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