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Specific Allotments

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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 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
 
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 Fact Sheet on CMR Grazing Allotments  
 
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 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
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 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.
 
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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
COMPLETED RETIRED ALLOTMENTS IN THE GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM [alphabetical order]
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 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
 
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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]
  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]
 
•
 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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Big grazing allotment reserved for wildlife [Jackson Hole News and Guide - 03/07]
   
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 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
 
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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]
  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]
  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]
  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]
  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]
 

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
   
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 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
 
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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]
  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]
  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]
  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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