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Cite as: 529 U. S. 728 (2000)

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Opinion of the Court

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Brief for Respondents 9a.

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Despite the reductions in grazing, and some improvements
following the passage of the Taylor Act, see App. 374–379
(Department of Interior, 50 Years of Public Land Manage-
ment 1934–1984), the range remained in what many consid-
ered an unsatisfactory condition.
In 1962, a congressionally
mandated survey found only 16.6% of the range in excellent
or good condition, 53.1% in fair condition, and 30.3% in poor
condition. Department of Interior Ann. Rep. 62 (1962).
And in 1978 Congress itself determined that “vast segments
of the public rangelands are . . . in an unsatisfactory condi-
tion.”

92 Stat. 1803 (codiﬁed as 43 U. S. C. § 1901(a)(1)).

D

In the 1960’s, as the range failed to recover, the Secretary
of the Interior increased grazing fees by more than 50%
(from 19 cents to 30 cents per AUM/year), thereby helping
to capture a little more of the economic costs that grazing
imposed upon the land. Department of Interior Ann. Rep.
66 (1963). And in 1976, Congress enacted a new law, the