Standards and guidelines developed or revised by a Bureau of Land Management State Director under § 4180.2(b) must be consistent with the following fundamentals of rangeland health:
(a) Watersheds are in, or are making significant progress toward, properly functioning physical condition, including their upland, riparian-wetland, and aquatic components; soil and plant conditions support infiltration, soil moisture storage, and the release of water that are in balance with climate and landform and maintain or improve water quality, water quantity, and timing and duration of flow.
(b) Ecological processes, including the hydrologic cycle, nutrient cycle, and energy flow, are maintained, or there is significant progress toward their attainment, in order to support healthy biotic populations and communities.
(c) Water quality complies with State water quality standards and achieves, or is making significant progress toward achieving, established BLM management objectives such as meeting wildlife needs.
(d) Habitats are, or are making significant progress toward being, restored or maintained for Federal threatened and endangered species, Federal proposed or candidate threatened and endangered species, and other special status species.
[60 FR 9969, Feb. 22, 1995, as amended at 71 FR 39508, July 12, 2006]
Notes of Decisions
W. Watersheds Proj. v. Kraayenbrink, 632 F.3d 472 (9th Cir. 2010).
· cites it 3× “43 C.F.R. §§ 4180.1 , 4180.2(c) (1995). The 2006 Regulations eliminate the Fundamentals of Rangeland Health, leaving only the Standards and Guidelines as enforceable standards.”
W. Watersheds Proj. v. Kraayenbrink, 620 F.3d 1187 (9th Cir. 2010).
· cites it 3× “43 C.F.R. §§ 4180.1 , 4180.2(c) (1995). The 2006 Regulations eliminate the Fundamentais of Rangeland Health, leaving only the Standards and Guidelines as enforceable standards.”
W. Watersheds Proj. v. Kraayenbrink, 632 F.3d 472 (9th Cir. 2011).
· cites it 3× “43 C.F.R. §§ 4180.1 , 4180.2(c) (1995). The 2006 Regulations eliminate the Fundamentals of Rangeland Health, leaving only the Standards and Guidelines as enforceable standards.”
W. Watersheds Proj. v. Bob Abbey, 719 F.3d 1035 (9th Cir. 2013).
“See 43 C.F.R. §§ 4180.1 , 4180.2. These regulations also allow for localized standards and guidelines, like those developed for the Lewis-town District, “to address local ecosystems and management practices.”
W. Watersheds Proj. v. Pool, 942 F. Supp. 2d 93 (D.D.C. 2013).
“See 43 C.F.R. § 4180.1 . The regulations require BLM State Directors to develop state guidelines and standards (“Rangeland Health Standards”) for grazing management in accordance with these fundamental ecological criteria and in consultation with the public, which are then…”
W. Watersheds Proj. v. Kraayenbrink, 538 F. Supp. 2d 1302 (D. Idaho 2008).
· cites it 2× “See 43 C.F.R. §§ 4180.1 , 4180.2(c) (2004). Under the revisions, only the Standards & Guidelines will be enforced, although they must be consistent with the FRH.”
Pub. Lands Council v. United States Dep't of the Interior Sec'y, 929 F. Supp. 1436 (D. Wyo. 1996).
· cites it 2× “43 C.F.R. § 4180.1 (1995). The Fundamentals allow the Bureau of Land Management to modify grazing practices to ensure that: (1) watersheds function properly or are making significant progress toward proper function; (2) ecological processes, including hydrologic cycles, nutrient…”
W. Watersheds Proj. v. Bennett, 392 F. Supp. 2d 1217 (D. Idaho 2005).
“See 43 C.F.R. § 4180.1 (2003). These regulations set minimum criteria for the condition of environmental resources, requiring, for exam- *1221 pie, that watersheds and riparian areas be in proper functioning condition, id.”
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