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  • Cattle denude the Sonoran National Monument

    Ralph Maughan

    ORVs were kicked out of monument; the real damage is grazing- This is apparently, though a good place to find the bleached bones of cattle, a common visual theme of cartoons of people lost in the desert. Inane official, public actions scar Sonoran monument. By Linda Valdez. The Arizona Republic – – – – Update.…

  • Western Watersheds Project beats plan to increase grazing in Arizona's Whetstone Mtns.

    Ralph Maughan

    Water developments for cows are beaten back- Water developments on public lands may sound good, but the reality is they are almost always intended to increase grazing of livestock. These encasements, troughs, tanks, and pipelines do not benefit wildlife. Instead they often turn a spring, or an area of small springs or seeps, full of…

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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

“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.”

Jim Fowler

“Our forests offer much more than just beautiful landscapes and wildlife. Each one has a different story to tell.”

Raveena Tandon

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