Feds: Grazing doesn't fit Ore. national monument

July 10th, 2008 By JEFF BARNARD , Associated Press Writer

(AP) -- Federal rangeland managers said continuing to allow cattle to graze on the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument is harming the rare plants, fish and wildlife the monument was created eight years ago to protect.

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