NWF negotiated a financial agreement with a rancher to cancel their grazing permits on three high-elevation grazing allotments in the San Juan mountain range of southwestern Colorado, covering nearly 40,000 acres. The allotments have been grazed for over 100 years and overlap with one of the nation’s most important bighorn sheep herds. This agreement connects over 100,000 acres of adjacent allotments retired at the end of 2023.
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