Grazing and Livestock

  • Rancher loses grazing appeal

    Ken Cole

    USFS takes away grazing lease in Nevada’s Santa Rosa Mountains. The Columbus method of grazing, where cattle are put out for months on end and then “discovered” at the end of the grazing season, gets a spank. You can read the decision from April here. Rancher loses grazing appeal. Written by Dee Holzel – Silver…

  • Low larkspur (Delphinium bicolor)

    Brian Ertz

    Larkspur Strikes Again !!! Kinda’ puts the whole “Canadian wolves are a threat to our ‘livelihood’” argument into perspective: 30 cows die in S. Idaho after eating larkspur – Idaho Statesman via Associated Press Perhaps they will spend millions of tax-payer’s dollars to commission a federal agency to crop-dust our public lands with herbicide such…

  • Audit Finds Problems in Cattlemen’s Spending

    Ken Cole

    Lobbyists, It’s what’s for dinner You know those commercials that say “Beef. It’s what’s for dinner.” Well, the association that takes a dollar from the sale of each cow for those commercials is in trouble. It appears that they might have been spending some of the money on lobbying as well as travel expenses for…

  • Wilderness Values Protected on the Pashimeroi River Watershed

    Brian Ertz

    Western Watersheds Project wins a great legal victory for wilderness and endangered fish. ~ Jon Marvel Friends, On July 30th, 2010 Idaho Chief District Judge B. Lynn Winmill issued an Order in Western Watersheds Project‘s favor overturning a Bureau of Land Management decision to build fencing within the Burnt Creek Wilderness Study Area (WSA) on…

  • Payette NF supervisor decides to end sheep grazing in bighorn country

    Ralph Maughan

    Despite full court press by Idaho woolgrowers, reason prevails- Payette supervisor decides to end sheep grazing in bighorn country. Submitted by Rocky Barker. Idaho Statesman. By email I learned about 30,000 acres will still be open, but this is a big victory for Idaho  bighorn over an very entrenched political interest.

  • Payette National Forest Bighorn Sheep Decision Imminent

    Ken Cole

    The Payette National Forest will be releasing its Record of Decision on July 30th After several years of litigation, the decision on how to manage domestic sheep on the Payette National Forest to maintain viability of bighorn sheep populations will be released on July 30. Several options were considered but few actually meet the so…

  • Wolves in Oregon: Don't be so quick on the trigger

    Ralph Maughan

    Opinion in the Oregonian- The Oregonian is the state’s leading newspaper. They printed an editorial telling the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife not to be so quick to kill wolves just because some livestock were killed.  That is fine with me, but I’d really see the additional argument that in deciding to kill from…

  • Livestock–the elephant in the room when it comes to weeds

    Ralph Maughan

    The role livestock plays spreading wildlife harming weeds in the Rockies should be obvious- Livestock–the elephant in the room when it comes to weeds. By George Wuerthner. New West. – – – – – My comments: Weeds are of great harm to ungulates. Rangeland cattle in particular are culprits. They cause bare patches of soil…

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