A U.S. district judge has temporarily blocked the BLM’s order, allowing AP’s bison to remain on three allotments in Phillips County according to its news release.
At the center of the case is whether the Taylor Grazing Act limits federal grazing permits to production-oriented livestock, an ad hoc excuse—and complete fabrication concocted by ranching interests—to thwart allotment conversions for conservation purposes, such as wild animal preserves.
The ruling casts a long shadow over the agency’s attempt to insert the clause into the Part 4100 grazing regulations, “to head off suggestions that grazing permits may be appropriate for other purposes, including preservation or conservation.”
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