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Commissioners discuss proposed wilderness area in Fall River County and plan letter of opposition
Summary
Officials heard about a 5,400-acre wilderness-area proposal in the county, discussed impacts on grazing and forest management, and directed staff to prepare a letter or resolution outlining local opposition and to engage cooperating agencies and congressional delegation.
Fall River County commissioners discussed a proposed wilderness-area designation that the board said would include roughly 5,400 acres in an area described as south of Bill Miller’s property and possibly stretching eight-plus miles southeast or southwest from an identified point.
Commissioners and attendees said the proposal could reduce permitted grazing levels, complicate local land management, and alter how the U.S. Forest…
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