Journal of Environmental Law & Litigation : Vol. 21, No. 2, p. 383-444 : The Future of Livestock Grazing and the Endangered Species Act
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Date
2006
Authors
Shepherd, Harold S.
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Publisher
University of Oregon School of Law
Abstract
This Article examines the successes and failures of applying
the ESA and related laws and policies in protecting federal
rangelands from abusive livestock grazing, as well as the consequences
the controversy may pose for the ESA and public-lands
grazing itself. Specifically, this Article discusses (1) a summary
of the legal and scientific standards affecting rangeland and riparian
resources; (2) ESA standards and procedures; (3) ESA litigation;
(4) on-the-ground examples of ESA species and habitat
protection; (5) application of the Administrative Procedures Act
(APA) to ESA riparian-grazing cases, including final actions,
parties, standing, and ripeness; and (6) the future of the ESA and
current legislative efforts to gut the Act. The Article concludes
by assessing how attacks on the Act may actually lead to reforms
of livestock grazing on federal lands.
Description
62 p. Presented to the Second Annual Conference on Tribal Water Law at the
University of Oregon School of Law, October 21-22, 2005.
Keywords
Grazing -- Environmental aspects
Citation
21 J. ENVTL. L. & LITIG. 383 (2006)