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The Center for Biological Diversity says cattle grazing on three allotments along Arizona’s Big Sandy River has caused irreparable harm to critical habitats for three imperiled species.

A new bill in the Legislature would make it easier for ranchers to take lethal action against the endangered animals in response to attacks on cattle.

Groups challenging the federal government’s grazing plan say it relies on flawed assumptions and doesn’t properly consider effects on the land.

Mike Garrity writes, "The solution here is to better manage cattle grazing operations instead of trying to manage grizzly bears by killing every grizzly they see near a cow."

As the threatened grizzly bear population grows, interactions with ranchers and cattle have prompted the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to sign off on up to 72 bear kills over the next decade.