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ST. GEORGE — The Utah Legislature recently passed a bill that would change grazing in the state from a permitted activity to a right.
Rep. Carl Albrecht, R-Richfield, sponsored the livestock grazing amendments bill, designated HB363. He told St. George News while the bill would not change federal statutes, it would give Utah another tool when negotiating with federal agencies about whether to limit grazing in an area.
Albrecht was prompted to sponsor the bill by the Bureau of Land Management's release of a new draft Resource Management Plan for the Grand Staircase-Escalante.
"The new monument management plan has alternatives that would devastate the livelihoods of those who farm and ranch," he said. "We need to take a stand as a state to protect these families from aggressive federal overreach."
