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COLO. - In light of the severe drought affecting Colorado, U.S. Reps. Cory Gardner (R-CO) and Scott Tipton (R-CO) are asking Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to open up additional land for emergency livestock grazing.

“Farmers and ranchers throughout Colorado need additional acreage to keep their livestock healthy and viable for future production and sale,” Garnder and Tipton wrote in a letter to Vilsack.

Click HERE to read the letter.

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has the ability to offer a Secretarial Disaster Designation and open up land that is part of the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP). Earlier this month, Gardner asked Secretary Vilsack to issue a drought designation for affected counties in Colorado. Vilsack’s office has not yet replied to the request.