美国内政部长伯古姆签署部长令扩大联邦土地放牧：全国牛群存栏处75年低点 30天内圈定新增放牧地
美国内政部10月27日宣布，部长道格·伯古姆当天签署部长令，扩大联邦土地上的放牧机会、改善联邦牧场健康，以落实特朗普总统「支持美国牧场主」行政令，目标是增加美国国内肉类产量、降低消费者成本；内政部称，美国全国牛群存栏目前处于75年来的最低点。
这道部长令将「牧场健康倡议」正式制度化：土地管理局、鱼类和野生动物管理局与垦务局须在30天内识别可供放牧的土地，恢复被暂停的放牧配额，并运用新技术清理积压的放牧许可续期申请；土地管理局还须在60天内提交消除许可续期积压的计划。新规要求放牧许可按完整的10年期续签，内政部将公布全部门统一的「可放牧土地地图」并简化申请流程；同时检讨限制牧场主防范捕食动物的政策，以有管理的放牧降低灾难性野火风险、控制入侵草种，并加强与农业部林业局的协调。
伯古姆表示，牧场主是美国公共土地的守护者，这道命令将恢复「美国工作景观」的承诺，让世代在联邦土地上放牧的家庭能够继续经营并扩大生产。
来源：GSM·美国
Interior Secretary Burgum Signs Order to Expand Grazing on Federal Lands as U.S. Cattle Herd Sits at a 75-Year Low
The Department of the Interior announced on October 27 that Secretary Doug Burgum signed a Secretary's Order that day to expand grazing opportunities on federal lands and improve the health of federal rangelands, implementing President Trump's executive order "Supporting America's Ranchers" with the goals of increasing domestic meat production and lowering consumer costs; the department said the national cattle herd is at its lowest level in 75 years.
The order formalizes the Rangeland Health Initiative: the Bureau of Land Management, the Fish and Wildlife Service and the Bureau of Reclamation must identify lands available for grazing within 30 days, reinstate suspended allotments and use new technology to clear the backlog of grazing-permit renewals, while the BLM must present a plan within 60 days to eliminate its renewal backlog. Grazing permits are to be renewed for the full 10-year term, the department will publish a department-wide map of grazing-available lands and streamline applications, and policies that limit ranchers' ability to protect livestock from predators will be reviewed. Managed grazing is also to be used to reduce catastrophic wildfire risk and control invasive grasses, with improved coordination with the USDA Forest Service.
Burgum said America's ranchers are stewards of the public lands and that the order restores "the promise of our working landscapes," allowing families that have grazed federal lands for generations to keep operating and expand production.
Source: GSM News.
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
图片来源：内政部长道格·伯古姆（右）在内政部办公室，美国内政部官方照片（公共领域，维基共享资源）
