When the BLM released its Resource Management Plan for the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area in 2019 it did not go over well with environmental advocacy groups. The Center for Biological Diversity, Western Watersheds Project and the Sierra Club Grand Canyon Chapter took them to court over their decision to reauthorize grazing on four allotments within the preserve. The episode dives into these lawsuits and the legal theories behind them.
BLM: the Bureau of Land Management
MOU: Memorandum of Understanding
SPRNCA: San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area
NCA: National Conservation Area (shorthand for the SPRNCA)
RMP: Resource Management Plan
FLPMA: the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976