October 19, 2017 BLM offers ‘flexible’ grazing permits, hoping to improve range conditions The Bureau of Land Management is taking applications from Western states to test outcome-based grazing, which enables ranchers to manage according to current conditions…
May 5, 2017 ‘Environmental bias’ has WA ranchers wary about Forest Service monitoring The agency has been scolded and received enough pressure from members of Congress for its “blatant mistakes” and “environmental bias” in monitoring that it’s…
January 19, 2017 Property rights group addresses misunderstandings about federal grazing laws Misunderstandings about the history and original intent of federal grazing law by both ranchers and federal agents is fueling tensions across the West, making…
October 11, 2016 What to do about growing conflicts over range lands in the West: Part 2 Grazing rights are inherently tenuous because agencies continually reallocate rangeland resources and adjust grazing privileges to meet changing political conditions. Moreover, without the right…
