A judge has revoked the grazing permit of two ranchers who were pardoned last year by President Trump on an arson conviction for setting fire to federal lands.

U.S. District Judge Michael Simon in Portland, Oregon, ruled Friday in the long-running case after hearing arguments from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. It had granted a 10-year grazing permit to Dwight and Steven Hammond after Trump’s pardon.

The renewal prompted a coalition of environmental groups to sue. The Hammonds, a father and son who raise cattle near Diamond, Oregon, were convicted of arson in 2012 for setting a fire that burned about 140 acres.

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