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Payette Forest Decision Cuts Sheep Grazing by 70 Percent

Notes on my thoughts,

Ken Wixom, president of the Idaho Wool Growers Association.

reactions and questions as I

“If this issue were truly about the protection of the bighorn,

read:

they would not take those who have the highest level of

incentive to help resolve the problem off the forest and out of

the equation.”

Payette Forest officials contend this move will balance uses,

protect bighorns, honor tribal rights and live up to federal law.

Groups seeking to remove all livestock grazing from federal

lands are using bighorn sheep habitat as a surrogate to remove

domestic sheep grazing allotments from the forest.

The record of the decision and the final environmental impact

statement are posted at

big_horn/index.shtml

Payette Forest Decision Cuts Sheep Grazing By 70 Percent. Sheep Industry News, Vol.

14, Issue 12. Available at:

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