Forest pitches revision so domestic sheep can graze again
Jonathan Ratner wasnât pleased to read a public notice that the Bridger-Teton National Forest is looking to change how it protects wild bighorn sheep from catastrophic diseases spread by domestic sheep. A former employee of the 3.4-million-acre forest, Ratner now watchdogs the Bridger-Teton for Western Watersheds Project, an advocacy group thatâs fought public lands livestock grazing for decades. He sees the national forestâs proposed revision to its 1991 Forest Plan as doing the opposite of what it claims. âI am revolted by the fact that the Bridger-Teton lied in its scop...
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