Contention arises over park grazing rules

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A Hill County commissioner took issue with parts of a new grazing policy for Beaver Creek Park during a meeting of the Hill County Park Board Monday.

Commissioner Kathy Bessette said the commission believes two parts of the draft policies approved in a split vote by the board at its June meeting give the perception that the board is catering to ranchers in the Bear's Paw Mountains who already graze their cattle on the park.

"We just don't feel that we can support some of the things that were brought forward from the grazing committee," she told the board. "Basically, what it does is it wo...

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