Conservationists sue feds over plan to allow cattle grazing on 24 million western acres

By: Alex Baumhardt

Outlets: Daily Montanan

Published: August 17, 2026

Words: 639

Last Updated: 20 hours, 18 minutes ago

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A nonprofit conservation group is suing the federal government over plans to allow cattle grazing on more than 24 million previously restricted federal acres across the West.

The Center for Biological Diversity and the group’s endangered species co-director, Noah Greenwald, filed the lawsuit to stop the plan from moving forward on Thursday in U.S. District Court in Portland. It names as defendants Doug Burgum, head of the U.S. Department of the Interior, and Brooke …

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