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BLM plan designates an OHV trail adjacent to a fragile stream through the Warner Ridge/Fort Pearce Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC)
The Southwest's most notorious ranchers have illegally released nearly 200 cattle into the Gila and Aldo Leopold Wilderness areas and Apache NF within the past few weeks and are currently defying Forest Service requests to remove the illegal cattle
After nearly six years of legal and administrative battles, WildEarth Guardians has been awarded a lease to a 162-acre parcel of state school trust land in southeastern Arizona
The Warner Ridge/Fort Pearce ACEC was designated to offset the damage from off highway vehicle use in the area. This BLM plan that establishes a more permanent trail through the ACEC will only encourage more vehicular traffic in an ecologically sensitive
Judge Parker's ruling that the Lincoln NF has failed to fully consider the effects of grazing on the Mexican spotted owl on the Sacramento allotment
For the third time in the last five months, a federal judge ruled that the U.S. Forest Service is violating federal environmental laws when permitting livestock grazing on the Southwestern national forests
The groups hailed the decision saying it signals the end of an archaic and illegal policy that provided the livestock industry with exclusive control of Arizona state lands
WildEarth Guardians and Wild Watershed have appealed a 'forest restoration' logging project that would allow cutting of trees larger than 18" in diameter
The changes to the grazing rules will result in the reduced ability of the public to participate in grazing administration and policy decisions, and subject more land to the devastating impacts of grazing.
The lawsuit requires the Forest Service to make a final decision on the reform of the grazing fee formula