Stock growers file protest against sage-grouse land use amendments

The Wyoming Stock Growers Association (WSGA) has filed a formal protest to the “Wyoming Greater Sage-Grouse Proposed Land Use Amendments”, an Environmental Impact Statement, recently finished by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Unites States Forest Service (USFS).

According to the WSGA press release, these land use plan amendments have been applied to the six BLM field offices and three National Forests. The Rawlins BLM field office and the Medicine Bow National Forest are included within the amendments.

The amendments, according to the BLM website, are for the Resource Man...