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A 2025 probe finds most Western grazing on public lands lacks environmental review due to a 2014 loophole, enabling wealthy ranchers to get subsidized, below-market fees while harming ecosystems.
A 2025 investigation reveals that grazing on Western U.S. public lands now occurs without environmental review on about 75% of Bureau of Land Management land—up from 47% in 2013—due to a 2014 congressional loophole allowing automatic renewals.
This lack of oversight, worsened by staff shortages and pressure to downplay environmental harm, has enabled large operators, including billionaires, to receive grazing fees at less than 15% of market rates, backed by at least $2.5 billion in federal subsidies in 2024.
Despite the program’s original goal of preventing overgrazing, it now disproportionately benefits a small fraction of ranchers while contributing to ecological damage, including invasive species spread, habitat degradation, and increased wildfire risk.
Una investigación de 2025 encuentra que la mayor parte del pastoreo occidental en tierras públicas carece de revisión ambiental debido a un vacío legal de 2014, lo que permite a los ganaderos ricos obtener tarifas subsidiadas por debajo del mercado mientras dañan los ecosistemas.