The Public Lands Council (PLC) and the United States Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service announced Nov. 28 the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to promote cooperative monitoring of grazing allotments on National Forest System lands. The MOU will help public lands ranchers and local Forest Service officials cooperate to collect and analyze data on rangeland health, ultimately ensuring better management of national forests and grasslands.
“As America’s original conservationists, cattle and sheep producers are stewards of millions of acres of federal land. Data is…