Public Lands Livestock Grazing

The activities undertaken by Great Old Broads for Wilderness are guided by the overriding principle that the focus of attention must be on what is best for the land, for Mother Earth.

• Public agencies must protect the ecological health of the nation’s federal lands. Grazing must not be allowed to cause irreparable environmental damage to water quality, vegetation, wildlife habitat, cultural resources, and recreational opportunities on federal lands. Damaging grazing on public lands should be eliminated.
  

  Livestock can severely degrade arid landscapes.

• Public agencies must be guided by sound scientific research to shape their management policies and actions.
• Management plans must be consistent with stated policies and law.
• Public agencies must be held accountable for following and enforcing existing management plans in a timely manner.
• Broads endorses a strategy that encourages “retirement” of grazing allotments to create the potential for healing public lands that have been degraded by over-grazing, to safeguard important cultural resources, to protect lands that are at risk of being over-grazed, and to eliminate grazing in designated wilderness areas.

Monitor Grazing on Public Lands:

Wild Utah Project and Great Old Broads in conjunction with SLRP (Southern Land Restoration Project) have developed a comprehensive guide for citizen monitoring of grazing in desert riparian areas. Monitoring for grazing impacts in riparian areas is an important way to help measure both the amount and types of impacts livestock grazing has on fragile desert riparian (streams) areas. Contact us to find out how you can get involved in this monitoring program.

Tushar Allotment Collaborative:

Great Old Broads is one of 7 appellants that has entered into an agreement to use a collaborative decision-making process to resolve outstanding disputes related to two of eight cattle grazing allotments on the Tushar Range in the Fishlake National Forest in Utah. This 2-year collaborative process is designed to develop existing and desired condition in management plans for the Ten Mile Allotment in Pinedale/Sulphabeds Allotments. Issues addressed including natural resource conditions and livestock management, aspen and mountain mahogany recruitment, and a plan for restoring beaver habitat on at least one stream. Click here for more information.

Riparian Users Guide

What You Can Do to help with public lands grazing

• Become an interested public on allotments near you.
• Lobby for the voluntary buyout and retirement of grazing allotments.
• Donate to Broads Grazing Program

If you would like to donate to Broads, please click on the button below to donate online, or if you would prefer to mail a check or money order, please print and mail our membership/donation form.