Environmentalists win $1.25 million grazing suit in Oregon

PUBLIC LANDS — Environmental groups have won $1.25 million in compensation for attorney fees and costs in their years-long battle against cattle grazing in Oregon’s Malheur National Forest and it’s impacts on threatened steelhead habitat, according to the Capital Press .

Last year, a federal judge ended a court battle between environmentalists, ranchers and the U.S. Forest Service over the effect grazing had on threatened steelhead habitat.