The allegations of mismanagement follow Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility’s filing of a whistleblower complaint against the BLM last month after a rangeland manager in the San Luis Valley said her bosses were failing to enforce illegal grazing on land near the Rio Grande and were jeopardizing the ecosystem.
The new lawsuit was filed by attorneys at Advocates for the West on behalf of the Western Watershed Project and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. The groups hope a federal judge will order the bureau to conduct the proper environmental analyses on public lands used for livestock grazing.
