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Last updated:
06/15/11
GRAZING INFORMATION
BLM Publishes New Grazing Regulations To Improve Management of Public Lands Grazing
On July 12, 2006, the BLM published in final form a new set
of grazing regulations that will improve the agency’s management of public
lands grazing. The final regulations, developed with extensive public input
and supported by a detailed environmental analysis, recognize the economic
and social benefits of public lands grazing, as well as its role in preserving
open space and wildlife habitat in the rapidly growing West.
BLM Publishes Addendum to Final Environmental Impact Statement on Proposed Grazing Regulations
On March 31, 2006, the BLM published an addendum to its final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on proposed grazing regulations. The addendum, a companion document to the final EIS, responds to comments received after the close of the public comment period in March 2004 on the proposed rule and draft EIS.
BLM Publishes Final Environmental Impact Statement on Changes to
Grazing Regulations
On June 16, 2005, the BLM announced the availability of a
final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) that concludes upcoming grazing
regulation changes will produce long-term benefits for public rangelands. An
official notice of the study’s availability was published in the Federal
Register on June 17, 2005.
- Proposed Revisions to Grazing Regulations for the Public Lands Final
Environmental Impact Statement
BLM
Announces Draft Environmental Impact Statement On Proposed Grazing Rule
On January 2, 2004, the BLM announced the availability
of a draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) prepared in connection with
a proposed grazing rule that the BLM published in December 2003. The Bureau
also announced that it would hold a series of public meetings in the West
and in Washington, D.C., on the draft impact statement. The transcripts from
those hearings are posted below.
- Transcripts from Grazing Rule DEIS Public Meetings
- January 27, 2004 -
Salt Lake City, UT (426KB E-Transcript Executable File)
- January 28, 2004 - Phoenix,
AZ (403KB E-Transcript Executable File)
- January 31, 2004
- Boise, ID (106KB Text File)
- February 2,
2004 - Billings, MT (134KB Text File)
- February 3, 2004 - Cheyenne,
WY (279KB PDF)
- February 5, 2004
- Washington, DC (49KB Text File)
Proposed
Grazing Rule Announced
On December 5, 2003, the Department of the Interior and
its Bureau of Land Management released details of a proposed grazing rule
that would improve grazing management and help continue public lands ranching
in the rural West. The proposed rule, announced by Interior Secretary Gale
Norton in a speech in New Mexico, recognizes the economic and social benefits
of public lands ranching, as well as its preservation of open space in the
rapidly growing West. The BLM published the proposed rule in the Federal
Register on December 8, 2003.
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