BISMARCK - A handbook detailing U.S. Forest Service policies for allowing cattle grazing on national grasslands will be reviewed cover to cover, rather than singling out two new chapters to which ranchers objected, a top official said.
The chapters were recently changed to say that ranchers who lease grazing property in national grasslands shouldn't get grazing permits that come with the land. The changes were suspended after they prompted widespread complaints.
Mark Rey, a U.S. Agriculture Department undersecretary, said Friday the entire book will be open to public comment for 60 days. Rey said the comment period is likely to begin next week.
