The June 1 news release seeking public comments said the proposal would give ranchers more flexibility, improve the health of rangelands and support rural communities across the West.
But the goal is to limit the uses of public lands, contradicting a statement at the end of the announcement.
The concept of production-oriented livestock appears 28 times in the notice.
The idea of restricting permits to such animals, an attempt to thwart those would weigh the advantages of using grazing allotments for conservation purposes, such as wild horse and bison refuges, permeates the discussion.
It’s got the cattlemen’s fingerprints all over it.
The current administration is now guilty of using the same tactics as the previous administration, which it condemned, to, in effect, modify FLPMA while doing an end run around Congress.
The news release states in the final paragraph that DOI rescinded the BLM’s public lands rule, reaffirming the Department’s commitment to multiple use.
The rule elevated conservation, or what was described as “no use,” to the same level as other uses outlined in FLPMA.
But in the latest move, they’re trying to expand the use of America’s public lands, including increases to active AUMs regardless of management status, just not for wild horses and bison.
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