1.   And with ranching came not just issues of land use, water rights and grazing regulations, but the more interesting characters ranching can attract.

2.   But environmentalists contend that the BLM had failed to update its grazing regulations for years.

3.   But he acknowledged that the real issue was that his legislation is in competition with new grazing regulations announced by Babbitt that take affect in August.

4.   The Senate votes on a GOP-crafted bill to revamp grazing regulations and raise fees.

5.   The U.S. Department of Interior published new grazing regulations three months ago.