# After wildfires, ranchers face 2-year delay to graze cattle on federal land – is it doing more harm than good?

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/after-wildfires-ranchers-face-2-year-delay-to-graze-cattle-on-federal-land-is-it-doing-more-harm-than-good/
- Published: 2024-12-18T09:15:18-06:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo caption: Cattle on the range, Idaho Falls District – taken on June 4, 2022. Photo credit: Bureau of Land Management Idaho via Flickr. CC BY 2.0. Article by Jared L. Talley. The Conversation – December 16, 2024. Lightning struck deep in the central Idaho mountains on July 24, 2024, igniting the Wapiti Fire that burned across 129,063 acres around Stanley, Idaho – a place known for its scenic vistas and idyllic rural landscape. Local communities evacuated, then returned home when the danger had passed. But for ranchers who graze livestock here, evacuation […] Click here to view original web page at theconversation.com