There are grazing allotments on federal lands that have been sitting empty for years, and they're not empty because the ground can't support grazing. The feed is there, but the permits have lapsed or The memorandum directs the Forest Service to start putting those lands back to work. The changes being made today have been made in partnership with public lands ranchers, and we're finally implementing the policies that our friends and neighbors who are grazing in Utah have been asking for for years. (00:39–00:45)
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Asserts that a memorandum directs the Forest Service to utilize unused grazing lands.
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