Legal Opinion
Western Watersheds Project v. Kraayenbrink
District Court, D. Idaho
Decided February 28, 2008No. CV-05-297 E-BLW, CV-06-275 E-BLWPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER
B. LYNN WINMILL, Chief Judge.
SUMMARY OF ANALYSIS
The parties seek a ruling on the legality of the BLM’s revisions to nationwide grazing regulations. Past BLM regulations imposed restrictions on grazing and increased the opportunities for public input to reverse decades of grazing damage to public lands. Without any showing of improvement, the new BLM regulations loosen restrictions on grazing.
They limit public input from the non-ranching public, offer ranchers more rights on BLM land, restrict the BLM’s monitoring of grazing damage, extend the deadlines for…
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Western Watersheds Project v. KraayenbrinkCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2011
- Modesto Irrigation District v. GutierrezCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2010
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