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Step 6 Reduction of cattle and sheep stocking rates on public lands

Managing public lands for the benefit of a few, elite, wealthy ranching corporations can no longer be the priority of the Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management.  

  • Using data from sources within the Department of Interior an analysis shows that 50 percent of all public lands fails to met environmental standards set by the agency.

To remediate this ongoing failure of management the Department of Interior (DOI) Congress must require the DOI to lower the rate at which cattle and sheep are allowed to graze on public lands.  The quantity of reduction needs to produce a 10 percent improvement in range health assessment by 01 October 2027.  The program must then incrementally produce an additional 10 percent reduction for the five consecutive years following until a minimum of 90 percent 

ALLOWING THE MISINFORMATION FROM THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT TO BE UNCHALLENGED ENABLES REPEATING THE SAME MISTAKES.

Challenging the misinformation puts the burden of proof on the Bureau of Land Management to prove ‘the soure of the damage' is an important step.  That proof will be very difficult in light of the recent science on the origin of the animals and the removal of the ‘Chevron deference’. The courts are no longer required to accept garbage propaganda from the agency as fact.  

Pushing back on the BLM to demand better use of taxpayer dollars again puts the BLM in a poor position to defend existing management practices.

Proposed Directive

  • The Bureau of Land Management is directed to initiate steps to rapidly reduce stocking rates for cattle and sheep on public lands. 
  • For livestock grazing on public lands during the 2025 Grazing Fee Year (March 1, 2025, through February 28, 2026) the fee shall be set at $2.70 animal unit month (AUM) and increase every year until it reaches the average market rate.
  • None of the funds made available in this act, in this, past and future fiscal years may be reprogrammed without the advance approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.

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Step 6 Reduction of cattle and sheep stocking rates on public lands

Managing public lands for the benefit of a few, elite, wealthy ranching corporations can no longer be the priority of the Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management.  

  • Using data from sources within the Department of Interior an analysis shows that 50 percent of all public lands fails to met environmental standards set by the agency.

To remediate this ongoing failure of management the Department of Interior (DOI) Congress must require the DOI to lower the rate at which cattle and sheep are allowed to graze on public lands.  The quantity of reduction needs to produce a 10 percent improvement in range health assessment by 01 October 2027.  The program must then incrementally produce an additional 10 percent reduction for the five consecutive years following until a minimum of 90 percent 

ALLOWING THE MISINFORMATION FROM THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT TO BE UNCHALLENGED ENABLES REPEATING THE SAME MISTAKES.

Challenging the misinformation puts the burden of proof on the Bureau of Land Management to prove ‘the soure of the damage' is an important step.  That proof will be very difficult in light of the recent science on the origin of the animals and the removal of the ‘Chevron deference’. The courts are no longer required to accept garbage propaganda from the agency as fact.  

Pushing back on the BLM to demand better use of taxpayer dollars again puts the BLM in a poor position to defend existing management practices.

Proposed Directive

  • The Bureau of Land Management is directed to initiate steps to rapidly reduce stocking rates for cattle and sheep on public lands. 
  • For livestock grazing on public lands during the 2025 Grazing Fee Year (March 1, 2025, through February 28, 2026) the fee shall be set at $2.70 animal unit month (AUM) and increase every year until it reaches the average market rate.
  • None of the funds made available in this act, in this, past and future fiscal years may be reprogrammed without the advance approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.

References: