Ore­gon, Wyoming Sen­a­tors pro­pose bill to expand graz­ing on fed­er­al land

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Oregon, Wyoming Senators propose bill to expand grazing on federal land

(The Cen­ter Square) – U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D‑Oregon, intro­duced a bipar­ti­san bill this week in hopes of sup­port­ing ranch­ers who graze their live­stock on fed­er­al lands.
Wyden filed the Oper­a­tional Flex­i­bil­i­ty Graz­ing Man­age­ment Pro­gram Act with U.S. Sen. John Bar­ras­so, R‑Wyoming.
“After embrac­ing the Bureau of Land Man­age­ment pilot pro­gram, ranch­ers in east­ern Ore­gon worked close­ly with me to include updat­ed oper­a­tional flex­i­bil­i­ty in my com­mu­ni­ty-craft­ed Mal­heur Com­mu­ni­ty Empow­er­ment for the Owyhee Act to bring cer­tain­ty, con­ser­va­tion, and eco­nom­ic oppor­tun …