The BLM has just instructed all staff to stop using "categorical exclusions" to avoid environmental analysis of grazing permits and vegetation treatments on 160+ million acres of federal public lands across the West.

The new Instruction Memorandum is part of a court-approved settlement of our lawsuit challenging the Bush Administration's August 2007 adoption of a new "categorical exclusion policy," which purported to authorize BLM to sidestep NEPA's requirements in grazing management.

READ THE INSTRUCTION MEMORANDUM HERE.

Files: 

Categorical Exclusions for Fuels Reduction Vegetation Management and Grazing Permit Issuance