| GENERAL
INFORMATION ON GRAZING ALLOTMENT RETIREMENTS |
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Grazing
Retirement: An Important New Approach to Large Carnivore
Conservation [NWF - 11/04] |
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| CURRENT
PROJECT |
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Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, Montana |
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Type of Livestock: Cattle
Type of Conflict: Numerous Prairie Wildlife Species
Size of Allotment: 45,000 acres
Location of Allotment: NE MT on the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge |
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Fact Sheet on CMR Grazing Allotments |
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CMR Grazing Allotments Map |
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| COMPLETED GRAZING AGREEMENTS |
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Royal Teton Ranch Grazing Allotment |
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Type of Livestock: Cattle
Type of Conflict: Bison
Size of Allotment: 6,000 acres
Location of Allotment: In Paradise Valley near the Gallatin National Forest
Note: This is not a retirement, but a 30-year lease agreement to prohibit livestock grazing and create a bison corridor along the Yellowstone River. |
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Guest Opinion: A template for resolving wild-bison impasse [Billings Gazette - 04/08] |
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Fact
Sheet on Royal Teton Ranch Grazing Allotment |
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| COMPLETED RETIRED
ALLOTMENTS IN THE GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM (GYE) [alphabetical order] |
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Ash Mountain/Iron Mountain [two allotments
retired in February 2006] |
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Type of Livestock: Sheep
Type of Conflict: Grizzly bears, wolves, bighorn sheep
Size of Allotment: 74,000 acres
Location of Allotment: SW Montana in the Gallatin National Forest |
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Fact
Sheet on Ash Mountain/Iron Mountain [NWF - 05/05] |
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Agreement
ends sheep grazing in area rife with wolves, bears [Billings
Gazette - 03/06] |
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Forest
Service Closes High-Conflict Sheep Allotment Near Yellowstone
Park [NWF - Press Release - 03/06] |
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Bacon Creek/Fish Creek [two
allotments retired in January 2007] |
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Type of Livestock: Cattle
Type of Conflict: Grizzly bears, wolves, elk, moose
Size of Allotment: 178,000 acres
Location of Allotment: NW Wyoming in the Bridger-Teton National Forest |
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Fact
Sheet on Bacon Creek/Fish Creek Allotment [NWF - 02/07] |
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Deal
expands wildlife habitat [Billings
Gazette - 03/07]; also available at http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/03/22/news/state/58-deal.txt |
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Grazing
buyout a win-win [Editorial
- Jackson Hole News and Guide - 03/07]
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Blackrock/Spread Creek [two allotments
retired in August 2003] |
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Type of Livestock: Cattle
Type of Conflict: Grizzly bears, wolves, bison
Size of Allotment: 87,000 acres
Location of Allotment: NW Wyoming in the Bridger-Teton National Forest |
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Fact
Sheet on Blackrock/Spread Creek [NWF - 08/03] |
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Wildlife,
Ranchers Win With Grazing Deal [Environment
News Service (ENS) - 08/03] |
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Landmark
Agreement Leads to Retirement of Wyoming Livestock Allotment
Next to Grand Teton National Park [NWF - 08/03] |
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Cache-Eldridge [one allotment
retired in February 2008] |
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Type of Livestock: Cattle
Type of Conflict: Bison, grizzly bears, wolves
Size of Allotment: 9,200 acres
Location of Allotment: Taylor Fork area of the upper Gallatin drainage on the Gallatin National Forest |
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Canyon Badlands [two allotments retired
in May 2004] |
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Type of Livestock: Sheep
Type of Conflict: Grizzly bears, wolves, bighorn sheep
Size of Allotment: 12,000 acres
Location of Allotment: NW Wyoming in the Targhee National Forest |
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Dunoir Grazing Allotment [one allotment retired
in February 2008]
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Type of Livestock: Cattle
Type of Conflict: Grizzly bears, wolves
Size of Allotment: 34,500 acres
Location of Allotment: NW Wyoming in the Shoshone National Forest |
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Fact
Sheet on Dunoir Grazing Allotment [NWF - 01/08] |
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Ranch Agrees to End Grazing Near Park [Billings Gazette - 03/08] |
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Yellowstone Grazing Allotments [High Country News - 03/08] |
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Horse Butte Peninsula [one allotment
retired in April 2003] |
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Type of Livestock: Cattle
Type of Conflict: Bison
Size of Allotment: 2,200 acres
Location of Allotment: SW Montana in the Gallatin
National
Forest |
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Fact
Sheet: Solving Bison-Cattle Conflicts on the Horse Butte
Peninsula [NWF - 06/03] |
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Yellowstone
Bison Given More Room to Roam [Environment News Service
(ENS) - 04/03] |
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National
Wildlife Federation, United States Forest Service Reach
Agreement to Save Yellowstone Buffalo [NWF - 04/03] |
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Buffalo
Timeline [NWF - 10/03] |
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Icehouse-Willow Creek Allotments [five allotments retired in February 2008] |
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Type of Livestock: Sheep
Type of Conflict: Grizzly bears, wolves
Size of Allotment: The Forest Service agreed to close four additional allotments as part of the Icehouse/Willow
Creek retirement. Total acreage for all five allotments is 33,714 acres. [See table below.]
Location of Allotment: Eastern Idaho, about 20 miles west of
Yellowstone National Park on the Caribou Targhee National Forest.
| Icehouse-Willow Creek |
8,525 acres |
| Sawtell |
9,531 acres |
| Coffee Pot |
6,877 acres |
| Hotel Creek |
4,471 acres |
| Blue Creek |
4,310 acres |
| TOTAL ACREAGE |
33,714 acres |
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Island Park Allotments [three allotments
... Carrot Canyon, Snyder Creek and West Lake ... retired in
April 2004] |
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Type of Livestock: Sheep
Type of Conflict: Grizzly bears, wolves
Size of Allotment: 12,526 acres
Location of Allotment: E Idaho in the Targhee National
Forest |
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Fact
Sheet on Island Park Allotment [NWF - 12/03] |
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Sheep
Allotments Near Yellowstone Park Retired [NWF
- 02/04] |
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Jim Mountain/Dunn Creek/Trout Creek [three
allotments retired in May 2005] |
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Type of Livestock: Sheep
Type of Conflict: Grizzly bears, wolves, bighorn sheep
Size of Allotment: 16,800 acres
Location of Allotment: NW Wyoming in the Shoshone National
Forest |
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Moose Creek Allotment [one allotment
retired in January 2004] |
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Type of Livestock: Sheep
Type of Conflict: Grizzly bears, wolves, bison
Size of Allotment: 24,500 acres
Location of Allotment: NW Wyoming in the Targhee
National
Forest |
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Fact
Sheet on Moose Creek Allotment [NWF - 08/03] |
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Wyoming Range Allotment [seven allotments
retired in May 2005] |
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Type of Livestock: Sheep
Type of Conflict: Wolves, bighorn sheep
Size of Allotment: 67,500 acres
Location of Allotment: NW Wyoming in the Bridger-Teton
National
Forest |
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Fact
Sheet on Wyoming Range Allotment [NWF - 11/04] |
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