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After wildfires, ranchers face 2-year delay to graze cattle on federal land – is it doing more harm than good?

  • Written by Jared L. Talley, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, Boise State University
imageCattle can help keep down invasive grasses that are prone to burning.AP Photo/Jeff Barnard

Lightning struck deep in the central Idaho mountains on July 24, 2024, igniting the Wapiti Fire that burned across 129,063 acres around Stanley, Idaho – a place known for its scenic vistas and idyllic rural landscape.

Local communities evacuated, then...

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