Environmental organization Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) recently sued the Trump administration for their failure to “prevent livestock from damaging southwestern rivers and streams.”
CBD says the waterways are home to many endangered and threatened species, and the Forest Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are violating the Endangered Species Act by allowing cattle to “trample” rivers and streams.
The waterways in question are located on more than 30 grazing allotments in the upper Gila River watershed on Arizona’s Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest and the Gila National Forest in New Mexico.
“We found cows, manure and flattened streambanks along nearly every mile of the waterways we surveyed.
We hope this case will get cattle off these streams and renew the agency’s commitment to protecting endangered wildlife and our spectacular public lands,” said Brian Segee, an attorney for CBD.
