TUCSON, Ariz. - A Santa Fe-based environmental group successfully outbid a private rancher for a state land lease. The Forest Guardians now plan to kick cattle off 162 acres near Elgin, in Santa Cruz County, and use their 10-year lease to restore the Babocomari River's cottonwood-willow forest, which they say overgrazing has damaged. The group bid about $2,000 in annual fees for the property, which is $84.40 per "animal-unit month," the government's measure of how much forage is needed to support a cow and her calf. The group's nearest competitor, Ethlyn Telles, the previous leaseholder, bid $40.66 per "animal-unit month."