USFS Backs Away From Groundwater Grab….Western Livestock Journal…April 17, 2015…By Theodora Dowling, WLJ Correspondent. Western ranchers are taking a victory lap after the U. S. Forest Service (USFS) Deputy Chief Leslie Weldon announced last Tuesday that the agency is “not moving forward” with a proposal to impose unprecedented regulations on water on and near USFS land. See complete article here.