Wyoming stockgrowers have cows staged ‘in limbo’ as federal judge mulls Upper Green grazing dispute

Wyoming stockgrowers have cows staged ‘in limbo’ as federal judge mulls Upper Green grazing dispute

A federal judge is expected to decide imminently whether to prohibit roughly 500 cow-calf pairs from grazing four Gros Ventre Range allotments full of grizzly bears that livestock industry watchdogs say haven’t been properly permitted. A restraining order, requested by an attorney representing Western Watersheds Project, asks a federal court to preserve the status quo in the 30,500-acre Elk Ridge complex until a judge decides the case.  Maintain…