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Grazing and Livestock

  • Earth satellites tell the truth: Grazing threatens wildlife habitat in West

    Ralph Maughan

    “. . . ubiquitous public lands grazing has contributed to the decline of native wildlife,” concludes the report entitled ‘Western Wildlife Under Hoof’.” Wildearth Guardians has used satellite images and public land records to show the massive damage grazing of sheep and cattle does to the soil, water, forage, and wildlife of our public lands,…

  • SE Montana blizzard kills far more livestock in 2 days than Montana wolves in a year

    Ralph Maughan

    Of course wolf “depredations” are somehow special. Will the blizzard story last more than a couple days? Calf losses said to be in the thousands with reports still coming in. For comparison, cattle losses to wolves in Montana in 2008 totaled just 77 dead with a couple dozen more “probables.” I bring this up because…

  • Lake Creek – Then and Now

    Brian Ertz

    A sad fact is that public land livestock grazing is so pervasive out west (around 300 million acres of public land) that most people have become accustomed to the image of livestock degraded landscapes and have little idea what might be. Recently, WWP received a report dated July 18, 2007 from the Idaho Department of…

  • Ranchers now have a way out

    Brian Ertz

    Mark Salvo and Andy Kerr write about the voluntary grazing buy-outs included in the recent Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, and how these “win/win” solutions could become a more generalized tool across western public lands to resolve often contentious resource conflicts. Ranchers now have a way out – High Country News, Writers on…

  • Idaho Federal judge orders ESA review for Big Lost River whitefish

    Ralph Maughan

    Judge Lodge mandates a “status review” for rare whitefish. Major impacts expected if fish is listed- Judge orders protection review for Idaho fish. By Todd Dvorak. Associated Press Writer. Judge rules in favor of whitefish. By Jason Kauffman. Idaho Mountain Express. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service told to reconsider ESA listing for Mackay area fish…

  • Montana Public Radio Evening Commentary: Dan Brister

    Brian Ertz

    Dan Brister of Buffalo Field Campaign was featured on Montana’s Public Radio March 27, 2009 with this audio essay

  • Some info just in case you want to conserve water

    Ralph Maughan

    Check out this graphic. http://awesome.goodmagazine.com/transparency/web/trans0309walkthisway.html

  • Idaho Anti-Bighorn Bill May Backfire

    Brian Ertz

    A Review of Idaho Senate Bill 1124 Earlier I wrote about a member of the Idaho legislator and livestock rancher, Monty Pearce, who has recently taken aim at bighorn sheep conservation and restoration efforts in response to a sheepman’s call for special treatment from the Idaho legislature.  This after the Payette National Forest’s proposal to drastically reduce his…

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