Ranchers negotiate to allow cattle allotments for grazing.
A federal judge has ordered six southern Idaho ranchers to remove cattle from 17 public grazing allotments after the Bureau of Land Management failed to create a management plan following a lawsuit by a conservation group.
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A federal judge has ordered six southern Idaho ranchers to remove cattle from 17 public grazing allotments after the Bureau of Land Management failed to create a management plan following a lawsuit by a conservation group.
U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill on Monday suspended grazing on 17 of 28 contested allotments managed by the BLM's Jarbidge Field Office.
The decision stems from a 2005 lawsuit by the Western Watersheds Project contending the BLM violated federal law in reissuing the 28 permits that involve sage grouse habitat.
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