BLM restricting grazing due to drought

Due to drought conditions across southwest Montana, the Bureau of Land Management is asking livestock owners to limit grazing on public land. BLM officials say permit-holding livestock owners should graze no more than 70 percent of their allocated forage on lands administered by the Dillon and Butte field offices. Reductions can be made by limiting the number of livestock, the length of time spent on public land or a combination of the two...more