Posted on 05/14/2019 9:41:43 PM PDT by george76
Three environmental advocacy groups Monday filed suit to block the renewal of a 10-year grazing permit for Hammond Ranches Inc., run by Dwight Hammond Jr. and son Steven Hammond.
Western Watersheds Project, the Center for Biological Diversity and Wildearth Guardians filed a complaint in U.S. District Court in Pendleton against the interior secretary, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and the district manager of the land bureau’s Burns District office.
The three groups argue that then-Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s renewal of the grazing permit after the Hammonds were issued pardons violated federal administrative regulations because it failed to consider the Hammonds’ unsatisfactory record.
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They contend the renewed grazing will harm sage-grouse habitats in the region and increase invasive weeds and the likelihood of destructive fires.
On Jan. 29, Zinke ordered the permit renewal for Hammond Ranches Inc. to last through 2024.
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on July 10, the Trump administration pardoned the father and son.
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After she was informed of the lawsuit Monday, Susie Hammond, wife of Dwight Hammond Jr. and mother to Steven Hammond, said of the plaintiffs suing, "I don’t know what they know that the president of the United States and the head of the BLM doesn’t know.'’
(Excerpt) Read more at oregonlive.com ...
Hey scum-sucking libs, Ayn Rand’s book was supposed to be taken as a warning, not a set of guidelines for implementing your agenda.
Go back to “See Dick Run”
Environmental groups my ass. Cattle are great for the environment. The hooves put little indents in the ground where seed and water catch and grow. The fertilizer they leave behind is great for the growth and soil.
This is not about the environment at all. This is about power and manipulation.
Time to go obliterate the sage-grouse populations anonymously - but dump a giant bag of sage-grouse feet at the doorstep of the Green weenies...
I thought the article was referring to Black Lies Matter
China and dingy Harry pushing a corrupt graft riddled solar plant on that land again?
mix some goats in with the cattle. Weeds-be-gone. And they don’t eat grouse. How can the envirowackos possibly complain about poor little old goats?
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