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Battle over Centennial Mountain lands wages between USDA and conservation groups Zach Bruhl © Provided by Twin Falls KMVT KMVT TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) — For years domestic sheep have grazed on public lands in Eastern Idaho as part of the Sheep Experiment Station. Now, conservation groups are attempting to bring a stop to the practice, citing the impacts on protected wildlife in the Centennial Mountains. “It’s a critical wildlife corridor for grizzly bears, wolves and other wildlife and they’re grazing sheep on public lands up there,” says Center for Biologic...

Judge sides with conservationists in sheep grazing dispute By MATTHEW BROWNApril 17, 2021 GMT BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday sided with conservation groups who said allowing domestic sheep to graze in a mountain range along the Idaho-Montana border as part of a government agriculture program could harm grizzly bears and other wildlife. Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Ronald Bush ordered officials not to graze sheep in the disputed area of the Centennial Mountains pending further government review of the effects on grizzlies and bighorn sheep, a wild species that suffers period...