A U.S. appeals court on Friday partially halted cattle grazing in a national forest in Arizona, after nearby property owners sued the federal government alleging the grazing would impact their quality of life and degrade protected owl and snake habitats.
that the U.S. Forest Service had relied on “significant misstatements and errors” during its environmental impact review of the agency's 2019 grazing plan for the Tonto National Forest and hadn't adequately considered alternatives to a proposal to expand the areas available for grazing.
Missel said he believes a new analysis, which is needed before the pastures can be reopened, would find that "cattle grazing is inappropriate in the area." The property owners, who sued the government in 2020, filed the appeal last year after U.S. District Court Judge Douglas Rayes in Arizona upheld the Forest Service's environmental review process for the grazing plan, saying the government’s analysis of the pastures north of Phoenix was backed by good reasoning and analysis.
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