Grazing and Livestock

  • More corporate welfare for public land livestock production

    Brian Ertz

    Obama’s Department of Agriculture has published a rule to extend more subsidies to public land ranchers. EQIP Extended to Public Lands – National Cattleman’s Beef Association On Friday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a final rule authorizing the use of Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) funds for conservation efforts on public lands. The National…

  • Range War in the West

    Brian Ertz

    Patrick Dorinson has taken aim at one group of rabble-rousers you may be familiar with : Range War In the West – FOXNews.com But some environmentalist outlaws like the Western Watersheds Project had no interest in compromise and since have used and abused the legal system of this country to deny the ranchers their rights…

  • Room to roam: House votes to rescue wild horses

    Brian Ertz

    Rep. Nick Rahall, Chairman of the Committee on Natural Resources, has a soft spot for wild horses.  That’s good, it’s a national disgrace the way these animals are treated.  His bill just passed the house: Room to roam: House votes to rescue wild horses – AP WASHINGTON — Galloping to the aid of the nation’s…

  • Obama Administration might restrict use of antibiotics in healthy livestock

    Ralph Maughan

    Finally, let’s hope- “The Union of Concerned Scientists has estimated that as much as 70 percent of antibiotics used in the United States is given to healthy chickens, pigs and cattle to encourage their growth or to prevent illnesses.” The medical community has been urging this for decades. Administration Seeks to Restrict Antibiotics in Livestock.…

  • Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge grazing buyout offered

    Ralph Maughan

    World Wildlife Fund and the National Wildlife Federation offer a voluntary buyout- Wildlife refuge grazing deal sought. By Karl Puckett. Great Falls Tribune. Cattle and wildlife have been in conflict since this eastern Montana refuge was created in the 1930s. Info about the Refuge. Update 7/9/09: Livestock Groups Denounce “Cash-For-Grass” Offer – AP

  • Montana FWP to reconsider trailing domestic sheep across wildlife area

    Ralph Maughan

    Although domestic sheep are not allowed to graze the Robb-Ledford Wildlife Management Area in SW Montana, they are permitted to spend a couple days “trailing across” it to summer pasture. This may be enough to pollute the area with sheep diseases that kill bighorn. Thankfully, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, at the request of Western…

  • Judge Affirms Public Access to Science Advisory Committees

    Brian Ertz

    Woolgrowers try to spin the decision to muddy the waters on Bighorn/Domestic sheep disease U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill has voided the Payette National Forest Science Advisory Committee’s contribution to management decisions when it decides whether or not to ban or reduce domestic sheep grazing on the Payette National Forest. Federal judge voids bighorn…

  • Extreme heat in Nebraska kills far more livestock in a couple days than western wolves in a year

    Brian Ertz

    In April, Ralph contrasted the disproportionate media hysteria that takes place when a wolf kills a cow or sheep versus when any number of other natural events result in vastly more significant livestock loss.  The example that he used : SE Montana blizzard kills far more livestock in 2 days than Montana wolves in a year :…

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