Congressional Research Service Reports - 436 Matching Results

Search Results

Results: 1 - 24 next
open access

Grazing Fees: An Overview

Description: This report briefly discusses charging fees for grazing private livestock on federal lands, which is a long-standing but contentious practice. Generally, livestock producers who use federal lands want to keep fees low, while conservation groups and others believe fees should be raised to approximate "fair market value."
Date: May 21, 1996
Creator: Cody, Betsy A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
open access

Survey of Grazing Programs in Western States

Description: This report sets out in chart form a survey of grazing programs on state-owned lands in 16 western states. It presents information on acreage, numbers of permits or leases, and fees for state grazing programs. It also contains information on state policies relating to various features such as non-use, range improvements, and subleasing. The Report is based on telephone interviews with state grazing program officials.
Date: January 30, 1996
Creator: Baldwin, Pamela & Cody, Betsy A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
open access

Grazing Fees and Rangeland Management

Description: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM, Department of the Interior) and the Forest Service (Department of Agriculture) manage approximately 70% of the 650 million acres of land owned by the federal government and many of these lands are classified as rangeland. Both agencies have well-established programs permitting private livestock grazing. The Administration issued new, controversial BLM rangeland management rules effective in August 1995. Supporters contended that the Administration's new rules… more
Date: December 4, 1998
Creator: Cody, Betsy A. & Baldwin, Pamela
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
open access

Soil and Water Conservation Issues

Description: No Description Available.
Date: August 28, 2000
Creator: Zinn, Jeffrey A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
open access

Soil and Water Conservation Issues

Description: No Description Available.
Date: August 20, 2001
Creator: Zinn, Jeffrey A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
open access

Soil and Water Conservation Issues

Description: No Description Available.
Date: January 22, 2001
Creator: Zinn, Jeffrey A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
open access

Soil and Water Conservation Issues

Description: No Description Available.
Date: March 15, 2002
Creator: Zinn, Jeffrey A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
open access

Soil and Water Conservation Issues

Description: No Description Available.
Date: May 17, 2002
Creator: Zinn, Jeffrey A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
open access

Soil and Water Conservation Issues

Description: No Description Available.
Date: July 5, 2002
Creator: Zinn, Jeffrey A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
open access

Soil and Water Conservation Issues

Description: No Description Available.
Date: August 28, 2002
Creator: Zinn, Jeffrey A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
open access

Soil and Water Conservation Issues

Description: No Description Available.
Date: October 8, 2002
Creator: Zinn, Jeffrey A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
open access

Soil and Water Conservation Issues

Description: No Description Available.
Date: January 7, 2003
Creator: Zinn, Jeffrey A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
open access

Soil and Water Conservation Issues

Description: No Description Available.
Date: March 3, 2003
Creator: Zinn, Jeffrey A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
open access

Soil and Water Conservation Issues

Description: No Description Available.
Date: April 14, 2003
Creator: Zinn, Jeffrey A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
open access

Soil and Water Conservation Issues

Description: No Description Available.
Date: May 27, 2003
Creator: Zinn, Jeffrey A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
open access

Soil and Water Conservation Issues

Description: No Description Available.
Date: July 8, 2003
Creator: Zinn, Jeffrey A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
open access

Soil and Water Conservation Issues

Description: No Description Available.
Date: September 2, 2003
Creator: Zinn, Jeffrey A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
open access

Soil and Water Conservation Issues

Description: No Description Available.
Date: September 16, 2004
Creator: Zinn, Jeffrey A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
open access

Federal Grazing Regulations: Public Lands Council v. Babbitt

Description: This report discusses new regulations on livestock grazing on lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management became effective August 21, 1995. Many aspects of the new regulations were challenged in Public Lands Council v. Babbitt. A federal district court upheld many of the regulations, but struck down four of them and enjoined their implementation. At the appellate level, only the new regulation allowing conservation use to the exclusion of livestock grazing for the full term of a permit was h… more
Date: February 1, 2000
Creator: Baldwin, Pamela
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
open access

The Listing of a Species: Legal Definition and Biological Realities

Description: The 103d Congress will debate the reauthorization of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) 2 which expired on October 1, 1992. The Act has recently generated controversy, even though it passed in 1973 with virtually no opposition. Much of the debate concerns specific actions that would jeopardize particular species or populations. However, the controversy has been fueled by the discrepancies between two sets of legal definitions and the subtle biological realities that they approximate
Date: December 15, 1992
Creator: Corn, M. Lynne
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
open access

Mexican Spotted Owls: Federal Protection

Description: Mexican spotted owls (MSOs) have the largest geographic distribution of the three spotted owl subspecies, with most occurring on National Forest lands in Arizona and New Mexico. Habitat loss and modification due to logging and fire prompted the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to list MSOs as a threatened species in March 1993. As required in Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the U.S. Forest Service (FS) is consulting with the FWS on 125 timber sales proposed for the region. These c… more
Date: June 30, 1993
Creator: Heck, Jennifer A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
open access

Mexican Wolf: Federal Protection

Description: Mexican wolves were extirpated from the United States by the 1940s as part of the Predatory Animal and Rodent Control program (PARC); wild wolves are believed to exist in secluded areas in Mexico. Listed on the endangered species list in 1967, Mexican wolves exist in the United States only in captivity. The Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is currently developing plans to reintroduce the wolves into their historic habitat. The plans are controversial, and the species' conservation may be debated… more
Date: October 21, 1993
Creator: Corn, M. Lynne
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
open access

The Northern Goshawk: Future Endangered Species?

Description: The northern goshawk was listed in January 1992 as a candidate species (Category 2) for possible future listing under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) throughout its range in the United States. Category 2 species are those for which there are not adequate data to justify a listing proposal under ESA at that time.
Date: June 29, 1994
Creator: Corn, M. Lynne
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
open access

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species: Its Past and Future

Description: This report discusses the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). It is divided into six sections: Introduction, Background, CITES and the Endangered Species Act, Implementation, Upcoming Events, and Appendices.
Date: August 24, 1994
Creator: Corn, M. Lynne
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
Back to Top of Screen