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Payette Forest Decision Cuts Sheep Grazing by 70 Percent

Instructions: LITERATURE CLASSES - COMPLETE ALL QUESTIONS AND MARGIN NOTES

Questions: Answer in COMPLETE SENTENCES unless otherwise instructed. Lists and charts are the

exception and may be answered in phrases.

Read the following article carefully and make notes in the margin as you read.

Your notes should include:

o Comments that show that you understand the article. (A summary or statement of the main

idea of important sections may serve this purpose.)

o Questions you have that show what you are wondering about as you read.

o Notes that differentiate between fact and opinion.

o Observations about how the writer’s strategies (organization, word choice, perspective,

support) and choices affect the article.

Your margin notes are part of your score for this assessment.

Student _________________________________Class Period______________________

Notes on my thoughts,

Payette Forest Decision Cuts Sheep Grazing by

reactions and questions as I

read:

70 Percent

(September 1, 2010) The acres available for domestic sheep

grazing on the Payette National Forest will be reduced by nearly

70 percent according to Payette Supervisor Suzanne Rainville

who issued a record of decision in August. It will cost four

sheep ranchers at least half, if not all, of their grazing rights in

the forest and affects thousands of domestic sheep. This

decision follows years of federal court rulings sought by the

anti-livestock group Western Watersheds Project.

The decision will result in the number of acres where domestic

sheep will be allowed to graze to shrink from about 100,000

acres to just more than 31,500 acres in three years. According

to a Forest Service analysis, the grazing reductions could lead

to the loss of 28 jobs.

“This decision is obviously devastating to sheep production in

Idaho and to the producers that are going to be affected by this

result. Unfortunately, there is nothing in the Payette Forest

finding that is going to protect the bighorn sheep,” comments

Payette Forest Decision Cuts Sheep Grazing By 70 Percent - Middle School Reading Article Worksheet