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Dunoir Allotment
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The National Wildlife Federation has been working in the Yellowstone Ecosystem since 2002 on a Wildlife Conflict Resolution Program to retire livestock grazing allotments that experience chronic conflict with wildlife, especially grizzly bears and wolves. In 2009 NWF expanded this program to the 1.1. million-acre Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge in north-central Montana. Ranchers receive fair payment for retiring their allotments, and typically use these funds to secure grazing in locations without wildlife conflicts. (Please see our Program Description page for details.)
To date the National Wildlife Federation, along with our partners, has retired 30 allotments totaling more than 550,000 acres in the Yellowstone Ecosystem. In the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, we've retired two allotments equalling 45,000 acres. (Please see our Specific Allotments page for details and our Yellowstone Allotment Overview Map and our Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge Grazing Allotment Map.)
We believe by using a fair market approach to change grazing patterns, we can turn opponents into partners and provide a positive win-win solution for both ranchers and wildlife. We also believe our grazing retirement approach can provide a new conservation model for other species ... and one that reduces litigation, while sustaining the ranching industry and protecting America's wildlife heritage.
If you would like to find out how you can help, please visit our How To Help page.
