Episode 3: The Lawsuits

Episode Description 

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.

All those Acronyms: 

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