Two views on grazing fees Spur federal policy debate
Guest opinion by Cecil Andrus argues for fair market value in grazing fees on public lands under the 1976 act. He stresses equitable charges for ranchers and the public, urges gradual increases, and notes half of fees should fund range improvement projects to stabilize the livestock industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Land Management
Departments of Agriculture and Interior
United States
Congress
Whose home is the range
Federal officials push to raise grazing fees on public lands to align with private land rates. The 1978 study proposes up to 25 percent annual steps toward fair market value, with 60 dollar average increases for many operators and billions in foregone revenue for the treasury.
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Rose Hour
National Wildlife Federation
Secretaries of Interior and Agriculture
Congress
Bureau of Land Management
Forest Service
National Cattlemen's Association
National Wool Growers Association
BLM
Mits
Federal Treasury
Larry Jackson to Speak in Sandpoint on Idaho Governor Bid
Larry Jackson, a Republican candidate for Idaho governor, will address supporters tonight at 8 p.m. in Sandpoint at the Edgewater Lodge. The editorial notes Idaho Republicans have shifted right since 1964, with voters turning toward conservatives and away from moderates, complicating Jackson's bid.
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Larry Jackson
Sandpoint
Edgewater Lodge
Lewiston
Republican Party
Idaho
Idaho Republican Party
Jackson
Eisenhower
Ford
Robert E. Smylie
Arizona
Barry Goldwater
Gem State
Smylie
Don Samuelson
Orval Hansen
George Hansen
Ronald Reagan
Gerald Ford
Oregon
Lighter side of tumbleweeds and a moth menace
The columnist jokes about loving tumbleweeds and a Christmas tumbleweed gift. He notes the USDA aims to wipe them out using a Pakistani moth Coleophora parterica, whose life cycle traps it on the weed. He doubts moths will starve and predicts future control efforts.
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Dick West Washington
UPI
Sons of the Pioneers
Texas
Santa Claus
Anson
Tex
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Pakistan
America
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Interior
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Miners’ Associations
Settler’s Claims Clubs
General Land Office
Gifford Pinchot
Bureau of Land Mangement
Division of Grazing
U.S. Forest Service
Carson National Forest
New Mexico
Bonner County
Pend Oreille Printers, Inc
Church Street
P.O. Box
United Press International
Pete Thompson
Kenton Bird
Ken Firoved
Herb Offermann
Bill Hall
Gop
White House
Lewiston Morning Tribune
Martha Circle
George Palm
Cliff Patton
Harry Brown
Ralph Knight
Daily Bulletin
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