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Tonto National Forest Ranches

Ranches that are permitted to use grazing allotments administered by the Tonto National Forest and have benefited from government assistance. The number of livestock authorized annually for each allotment can be found by searching their annual operating instructions (AOI). The Tonto includes about 2,964,308 acres of public land, and despite being called a forest, about

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Jeff 2d ago

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Arizona Public Land Ranches

Arizona ranches that have significantly benefited from government assistance and hold permits or leases for public land grazing allotments. (Additional ranches are added as information becomes available.) Government Assistance For Arizona Ranchers Arizona Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Ranches BLM Arizona Strip District Office Ranches BLM Hassayampa Field Office Ranches BLM Kingman Field Office Ranches

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Jeff 3d ago

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There Are Many Types of Public Land Ranches

One of the myths used to defend livestock grazing on public lands is that it's predominated by modest family ranches. But the truth isn't that simple. Tribal Public Land Ranches For example, in Arizona there are 22 Native American tribes and at least six of them hold a U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) or

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Jeff 3d ago

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Tonto National Forest Is Secretly Initiating Grazing On Long-Vacant Allotments

Arizona's Tonto National Forest has been secretly initiating cattle grazing on long-vacant grazing allotments in wilderness areas, despite a megadrought and the ongoing aridification of the desert Southwest. These decisions were of questionable legality because they were based upon obsolete National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) environmental assessments (EAs). The most egregious example is the recent

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