Grazing and Livestock

  • 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…

  • S.D. ranchers fear wilderness act steals control

    Ken Cole

    Ranchers complain about losing control while accepting government handouts. The Buffalo Gap National Grassland of South Dakota doesn’t have buffalo any more but it certainly has a handful of ranchers with a strong sense of entitlement. They are worrying that wilderness designation will “steal” control that they seem to believe they should have over these…

  • Domestic sheep removed from East Fork Bitteroot

    Ken Cole

    Sheep tested positive for Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae Bighorn sheep in Montana and elsewhere suffered severe losses this winter at the hands of pneumonia. In the East Fork herd bighorn were seen interacting with domestic sheep near Sula, Montana. Those domestic sheep were relocated earlier this year and another herd has been removed from the area to…

  • FDA takes steps to limit use of antibiotics in livestock

    Ken Cole

    Wants livestock industry to use antibiotics just for the health of the animals and to remove from general livestock feed Not only does the livestock industry foul waters with livestock waste, destroy public lands and habitat, and contribute the greatest to greenhouse gas emissions, it also threatens the health of humans by feeding antibiotics to…

  • EPA orders Simplot Cattle to change watering practice

    Brian Ertz

    I recently attended a gathering of activists engaged in curtailing CAFOs/Feedlots and their many crimes against our common water and air.  With the success of California activists at bringing health and environmental regulation to the massive feedlots in their state, many other western states not so apt to test the water or otherwise regulate are…

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‎”At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour.”

Edward Abbey

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