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Arizona: Forest Service grazing plan deemed illegal

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Bob Berwyn

Chiricahua leopard frog. PHOTO COURTESY U.S. FOREST SERVICE.

SUMMIT COUNTY — As so many times before, a federal court has overturned a U.S. Forest Service grazing permit because federal land managers violated the Endangered Species Act and the National Environmental Policy Act.

The court ruling at least temporarily blocks cattle grazing on 42,000 acres in the Fossil Creek watershed on the Coconino National Forest in central Arizona. The drainage is a stronghold for threatened Chiricahua leopard frogs. Download a copy of the ruling here. The Forest Service has made great efforts to help with the recovery of the frogs elsewhere in Arizona. (more…)

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