To Graze or Not To Graze?

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(SUNfoto by Andrew Kasper) Range Improvement Task Force Coordinator Sam Smallidge, based out of New Mexico State University, inspects a dirt clod for moisture on the Polvadera allotment in the Santa Fe National Forest near Abiquiú. Smallidge was summoned as a third-party expert by rancher Dennis Gallegos and federal Forest Service personnel to help determine whether the range was suitable for grazing, as ranchers across the region are facing access delays to public lands due to dry conditions.

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By Andrew Kasper
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    The Rio Arriba County Commission voted to declare a state of emergency on behalf of local ranchers after the federal Forest Service threatened to delay the start of cattle grazing season on public lands.     Several stockmen spoke to…

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