Administration Looks To Overhaul BLM Grazing Regulations

The Trump administration Tuesday announced plans to repeal the Biden-era Public Lands Rule and overhaul Bureau of Land Management grazing regulations.  The Public Lands Council praised the move, saying the changes restore multiple-use management on federal lands and support stronger rangeland resilience.

“From Day One, public lands ranchers were clear with the Trump administration: we needed them to remove policies that illegally picked winners and losers in public land management, and we needed them to deliver on their commitment to bring important reforms to the agency’s 35-year-old grazing regulations," said PLC President Tim Canterbury.  "Today, they have delivered repeal of the Public Lands Rule that would have resulted in removal of grazing under the guise of ‘conservation’ principles, even though science demonstrates the benefits of our highly-managed grazing on these landscapes.

“For far too long, BLM has been operating under a set of rules that were developed in response to the ‘cattle free by [19]93’ campaign.  The resulting regulations all but ensured ranchers did not have the flexibility to take full advantage of the scientific and management advances that the industry has made over the last 35 years," Canterbury added.

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