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  • Voluntary Grazing Retirement Could Reduce Wildfire In The West

    George Wuerthner

    Livestock is one of the major factors in cheatgrass invasion across the West. Photo George Wuerthner  Wildfire is a big issue in Western states. As climate warming has increased temperatures, created severe drought, and increased winds, wildfire has become more challenging to control, and the annual acreage burned is growing over the recent past (…

  • Time to Assess Sec of Interior Deb Haaland

    George Wuerthner

      When Deb Haaland was nominated for the position of Secretary of Interior, I received dozens of emails from nearly every large conservation organization to support her nomination. She was appointed without having any particular experience or background in public lands issues and limited executive experience in running major federal land management agencies such as…

  • BLM To Continue To Permit Livestock Degradation to San Pedro National Conservation Area

    George Wuerthner

    Changes in the riparian vegetation along the San Pedro River before and after livestock removal from the main river corridor.  The Bureau of Land Management released its Environmental Assessment for livestock grazing in the San Pedro National Conservation Area (SPNCA) in Arizona. The BLM has decided that the rancher’s interests trump the public interest in…

  • Gila NF Proposes Removal of Feral Cattle from Gila Wilderness

    George Wuerthner

    Cattle grazing is the greatest threat to the Greater Gila Ecosystem in New Mexico. Photo George Wuerthner  Livestock grazing is the biggest scourge to Southwestern ecosystems. No matter where they are found, domestic livestock poses a significant threat to wildlife and ecosystem function. Feral livestock currently roams the 558,065 Gila Wilderness, and the Gila National…

  • Rewilding the West and the 2023 Farm Bill

    George Wuerthner

    The Rewilding the West proposal calls for the restoration of wolves across federal lands. Photo George Wuerthner  The current Farm Bill, which Congress passed in 2018, is set to expire in 2023. Congress will undoubtedly enact a new Farm Bill. The Farm Bill provides an opportunity to incorporate the provisions of the Rewilding the West…

  • Irrigation Vandalism of Deschutes River

    George Wuerthner

    The Deschutes River in Bend during the summer is downstream from irrigation removal of the water is little more than a creek.  Photo George Wuerthner  In October, irrigators began the annual drawing down of the Deschutes River to the point where fish and other wildlife die or are threatened. Good people have tried to save…

  • How Biden Could Reach 30 x 30

    George Wuerthner

    Protecting the Brooks Range of Alaska by giving some kind of permanent protection to the National  Petroleum Reserve. Photo George Wuerthner  The Center for American Progress (CAP) recently published a report on how President Biden could reach his goal of protecting 30 percent of America’s land and water by 2030. It is an ambitious goal…

  • Wyoming Extension Service Grazing Report: Economic Exaggerations

    George Wuerthner

      Cattle grazing in riparian zone on the Bridger Teton National Forest. Photo George Wuerthner When I was in graduate school, required reading was a slim book titled “How to Lie with Statistics.” It opened my eyes to the multiple ways you can misuse statistics to “prove” a point. A new report published by Wyoming…

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