The First Major Overhaul of Public Lands Grazing Regulations in a Generation Looks to Cut Out Public Involvement by Mark Olalde, ProPublica, and Jimmy Tobias for High Country News; photography by Roberto “Bear” Guerra, High Country News Co-published with High Country News July 7, 2026, 5:00 am

The First Major Overhaul of Public Lands Grazing Regulations in a Generation Looks to Cut Out Public Involvement For the first time since 1995, the Bureau of Land Management is rewriting its grazing regulations. The new rule, which governs ranching across 155 million acres of public lands in the West, would heavily favor the livestock industry. by Mark Olalde, ProPublica, and Jimmy Tobias for High Country News; photography by Roberto “Bear” Guerra, High Country News Co-published with High Country News July 7, 2026, 5:00 am https://www.propublica.org/article/public-land-livestock-grazing-ranching-access