That means there’s no legal requirement. But ranchers have their bottom line to think about.Had it not, we would have to hope that AP vs BLM would end up the case law for not deferring to an agency’s interpretation…
"No statutory language or judicial precedent exists that requires a livestock operation to focus exclusively on production and entirely ignore conservation, range improvement, preservation, or other values," he wrote.
Tell that to every rancher running their cattle on the public….
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