Cattle

  • Conservation groups want Forest Service land near Pocatello closed to livestock grazing

    Ralph Maughan

    Now, your opportunity to comment on the Pocatello, Midnight, and Michaud grazing allotments- Comments are due Jan. 4, 2011- An opportunity like this only comes along every ten years or so.  I know a lot of people have been furious for years about the cattle grazing in the Bannock Range immediately west and south of…

  • Two new cases of brucellosis in Wyoming.

    Ken Cole

    Park County bison tests positive for brucellosis By BOB MOEN – Associated Press. Herd tests positive for brucellosis By BRENNA BRAATEN – Cody Enterprise.

  • Important developments on the Brucellosis front.

    Ken Cole

    Montana and Wyoming infections and capture of elk. The last week has been filled with many stories about brucellosis and its impacts on wildlife and livestock. First, Montana has announced plans to capture and test elk for brucellosis then place radio collars on those females that test positive to see where they go and where…

  • DNA Tests Indicate Yellowstone National Park Elk, Not Bison, Most Likely To Spread Brucellosis

    Ken Cole

    Don’t worry about the man behind the curtain. In so many ways the issue of brucellosis in bison and elk is similar to the issue of domestic sheep diseases and bighorn except the rationalization for killing wildlife is just the opposite. We now know that domestic sheep are responsible for disease issues in bighorn sheep…

  • Arizona Rethinking Open Range Laws

    Ralph Maughan

    On the “open range” if you don’t want someone else’s cattle on your property, you have to fence them out! Arizona is rethinking the fairness of this tradition.  So are people in other states. Arizona Rethinking Open Range Laws. By Marc Lacey. New York Times. If you hit a black cow in the middle of…

  • Hearing on bison hazing set for Tuesday

    Ken Cole

    Grazing and slaughter threaten the viability of bison and other sensitive species- The US Forest Service and the National Park Service are violating the law by not allowing bison the use of public lands. The grazing allotments provide the excuse the Montana Department of Livestock wants for their annual abuse of buffalo inside and outside…

  • Western Watersheds court victory opens up ranchers names to public

    Ralph Maughan

    No more hush, hush on who has grazing permits on your public lands- Most people are amazed that the BLM won’t tell them who holds the almost free grazing permits they issue on the public land of the United States, but Western Watersheds and Wild Earth Guardians, represented by Advocates for the West have just…

  • Final victory over Bush anti-public, anti-environment grazing regulations

    Ralph Maughan

    It took a long time, but Western Watersheds and Advocates for the West seem to have a final victory As a note, I am pleased to have been a plaintiff for the National Wildlife Federation in fighting this Bush era effort to exclude the public from having influence in grazing decisions, improperly grant property rights…

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