The authorization use report for Lower Middle Creek indicates 75 head on a three-month grazing season, species unknown.
The allotment master report gives the permittee as DWAYNE M. OSADCHUK TRUST.
A search for Dwayne Osadchuk associated him with Lucky 8 Ranch in Oak Creek, a small town southeast of the allotment.
Products and services include bison processing and meat sales according to a profile at the Rocky Mountain Bison Association.
Does the permit comply with the BLM’s new understanding of the meaning of livestock?
Probably so, in that the animals are used for production-oriented purposes.
They generate an income for their owners.
That’s what American Prairie needs to show in response to the agency’s flip-flop on their grazing permits.
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