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Archive Home > 2005 > February > 09 > Ranchers face steep hike in grazing fee

Ranchers face steep hike in grazing fee

Rate to rise by 36 cents per animal, per month

By Tequia Burt / The Bulletin
February 9, 2005

WASHINGTON - The federal grazing fee hike for Western public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Forest Service is the largest Oregon ranchers have seen in 10 years, according to BLM figures.

The new fee, which goes into effect March 1, will be $1.79 per animal per month....

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