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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gst" data-source="post: 219708" data-attributes="member: 373">11). Haying and Grazing Limits: Unless and until FSA undertakes and completes one ormore additiotal NEPA analyses identified in paragraph 2 below, managed haying and grazing oflands enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program wil be allowed under the terms set forthbelow in the nineteen states, or parts of such states, specified below on any new CRP contractsentered into after the date of this agreement. For this purose, "new contracts" include reenrollmentbut shall not include an extension of an existing contract in which managed hayingand grazing has been approved prior to the date this Agreement is signed by all paries.2) Optional NEP A Analysis: The scope of any additional NEP A analysis referred to inparagraph 1 on proposed changes in PNS restrictions or haying and grazing frequencies may beregional or more local, such as state-wide, county-wide, or multi-state or multi-county. SuchNEP A analysis undertaken pursuant to this Settlement Agreement wil include the impact ofmanaged haying and grazing on:A) CRP plant stand vigor and diversity;B) habitat of the principal grassland bird and other wildlife species;C) wildlife, water, 'erosion, air quality, and socio-economic factors.In addition, such analysis will consider a managed haying and grazing alternativethat seeks to optimize the wildlife benefits of that activity, consistent with meeting soilCase 2:04-cv-02169-TSZ Document 57 Filed 09/27/2006 Page 5 of 10. .conservàtion and water quality objectives of the CRP. FSA agrees to solicit the views of theu.s. Fish and Wildlife Service arid the Natural Resources Conservation Service on suchalternative.). B) Managed haying will be limited to no more than once every 1 0 years in thefollowing states: Washington (east of the Cascade Mountain Range), Oregon (east of theCascade Mountain Range), Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska,Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, California, Coloradoand Nevada. Managed haying may be permitted on 50 percent of each field or contiguousfields, once in five yearsThe FSA was following existing requirements, the NWF sued to force ADDITIONAL stipulations to be followed. These changes as you can see were to be focused PRIMARILY to "optimize" wildlife benefits.- - - Updated - - -<a href="https://pacificlegal.org/plf-to-supreme-court-courts-shouldnt-look-the-other-way-when-federal-agencies-seize-power-congress-never-gave-them/" target="_blank">https://pacificlegal.org/plf-to-supr...ver-gave-them/</a></blockquote>

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