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Interior Proposes Sweeping Grazing Rule Changes | Salt Lake City News
The Interior Department is rolling out sweeping, long-overdue updates to grazing rules on 155 million acres of public land — the first revision since 1995 — aiming to modernize regulations and boost flexibility for ranchers. But the changes spark controversy: key decisions will now bypass public comment to streamline bureaucracy, drawing criticism from environmental advocates and local communities. At the heart of the push is a top Interior official — also a rancher — who received an ethics waiver to lead the overhaul, seeking to revive rules from before the 1990s. While proponents tout…
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