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GENERAL INFORMATION ON GRAZING ALLOTMENT RETIREMENTS
Grazing Retirement: An Important New Approach to Large Carnivore Conservation [NWF - 11/04]

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Wapiti Allotment in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
  Type of Livestock: Cattle
Type of Conflict: Grizzly bears, wolves, bison
Size of Allotment: 8,180 acres
Location of Allotment: SW Montana in the Gallatin National Forest

COMPLETED RETIRED ALLOTMENTS IN THE CHARLES M. RUSSELL NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, MONTANA
  Type of Livestock: Cattle
Type of Conflict: Numerous Prairie Wildlife Species (including antelope, bighorn sheep, mule deer, elk, black-footed ferret, mountain plover, sage-grouse and black-tailed prairie dog)
Size of Total Allotments: 52,000 acres
Location of Allotment: NE MT on the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge
 
Fact Sheet on CMR Grazing Allotments  
 
CMR Grazing Allotments Map  
 
Name of Allotment
Allotment Size
Retirement Date
Beauchamp Creek
20,000 acres
Nov 2009
Harpers West & East
25,000 acres
Nov 2009
Kill Woman Creek
7,000 acres
Aug 2010
TOTAL ACREAGE
52,000 acres
 

COMPLETED GRAZING AGREEMENTS IN THE GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM
Royal Teton Ranch Grazing Allotment
  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.
 
Guest Opinion: A template for resolving wild-bison impasse [Billings Gazette - 04/08]
 
Fact Sheet on Royal Teton Ranch Grazing Allotment

COMPLETED RETIRED ALLOTMENTS IN THE GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM [alphabetical order]
Ash Mountain/Iron Mountain [two allotments retired in February 2006]
  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
 
Fact Sheet on Ash Mountain/Iron Mountain [NWF - 05/05]
 
Agreement ends sheep grazing in area rife with wolves, bears [Billings Gazette - 03/06]
 
Forest Service Closes High-Conflict Sheep Allotment Near Yellowstone Park [NWF - Press Release - 03/06]
   
Bacon Creek/Fish Creek [two allotments retired in January 2007]
  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
 
Fact Sheet on Bacon Creek/Fish Creek Allotment [NWF - 02/07]
 
Deal expands wildlife habitat [Billings Gazette - 03/07]; also available at http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/03/22/news/state/58-deal.txt
 

Grazing buyout a win-win [Editorial - Jackson Hole News and Guide - 03/07]

 
Big grazing allotment reserved for wildlife [Jackson Hole News and Guide - 03/07]
   
Blackrock/Spread Creek [two allotments retired in August 2003]
  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
 
Fact Sheet on Blackrock/Spread Creek [NWF - 08/03]
 
Wildlife, Ranchers Win With Grazing Deal [Environment News Service (ENS) - 08/03]
 
Landmark Agreement Leads to Retirement of Wyoming Livestock Allotment Next to Grand Teton National Park [NWF - 08/03]
     
Cache-Eldridge [one allotment retired in February 2008]
  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
     
Canyon Badlands [two allotments retired in May 2004]
  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
     
Dunoir Grazing Allotment [one allotment retired in February 2008]
  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
 
Fact Sheet on Dunoir Grazing Allotment [NWF - 01/08]
 
Ranch Agrees to End Grazing Near Park [Billings Gazette - 03/08]
 
Yellowstone Grazing Allotments [High Country News - 03/08]
     
Horse Butte Peninsula [one allotment retired in April 2003]
  Type of Livestock: Cattle
Type of Conflict: Bison
Size of Allotment: 2,200 acres
Location of Allotment: SW Montana in the Gallatin National Forest
 
Fact Sheet: Solving Bison-Cattle Conflicts on the Horse Butte Peninsula [NWF - 06/03]
 
Yellowstone Bison Given More Room to Roam [Environment News Service (ENS) - 04/03]
 
National Wildlife Federation, United States Forest Service Reach Agreement to Save Yellowstone Buffalo [NWF - 04/03]
 
Buffalo Timeline [NWF - 10/03]
     
Icehouse-Willow Creek Allotments [five allotments retired in February 2008]
 

Type of Livestock: Sheep
Type of Conflict: Grizzly bears, wolves
Size of Total Allotments: 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
   
Island Park Allotments [three allotments ... Carrot Canyon, Snyder Creek and West Lake ... retired in April 2004]
  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
 
Fact Sheet on Island Park Allotment [NWF - 12/03]
 
Sheep Allotments Near Yellowstone Park Retired [NWF - 02/04]
 
 
Jim Mountain/Dunn Creek/Trout Creek [three allotments retired in May 2005]
  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
     
Moose Creek Allotment [one allotment retired in January 2004]
  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
 
Fact Sheet on Moose Creek Allotment [NWF - 08/03]
     
Wyoming Range Allotment [seven allotments retired in May 2005]
  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
 
Fact Sheet on Wyoming Range Allotment [NWF - 11/04]
     



 

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