The authorization use report for Mosier Gulch indicates nine head on a twelve-month grazing season, species unknown.
The allotment master report gives the permittee as DEMATTEIS, JOHN AND LAURA.
A search for John Dematteis associated him with Yak Daddy Ranch in Buffalo, a small town east of the allotment.
Products and services include meat and live sales for starting your own herd.
Yaks were introduced to North America in the early 1900’s according to the site, putting them in the same category as cattle and sheep (not indigenous).
Does the permit comply with the BLM’s new understanding of the meaning of livestock?
Probably, 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.
An admission fee of 25¢ should do it.
RELATED: BLM Reneges on American Prairie Grazing Permits.
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