Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) — For years rangeland management experts have said that overgrazing has degraded public lands. However, new rules being drafted by the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management, would actually expand the practice. In a June news release announcing the action, the agency said it “reflects the Trump administration’s priority to reduce unnecessary regulatory burdens, promote productive working lands and strengthen local economies.” Other groups working on rangeland management say the regulations go too far in the opposite direction, tipping the scales toward ranchers. The new regulations would also remove a mandate that the BLM include the public in “consultation, cooperation and coordination.”
