TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - The Trump Administration is planning to make it easier for ranchers to access public lands for cattle to graze.

It’s land that conservation groups say is already at risk.

“I wish that had been here a long time ago because we’ve been fighting that forever,” Marana Stockyards owner Clay H. Parsons said.

Parsons is like other cattle ranchers in the state who rely on the Sonoran Desert to feed and hydrate their livestock.

“The vast majority of grazing in Arizona is on public lands,” Arizona Cattle Growers’ Association President Brian DeGanahl said.

The regulations and permitting to get the cattle out of the cages and into that space is tough.

“Instead of a guy being able to afford to run cattle on it, sometime it’s not even worth running cattle because you can’t

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