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  • Oregon ranchers indicted for arson wildfires and threats-

    Ralph Maughan

    Indictment indicates anger about BLM land use behind some of the fires- They are accused of multiple arson wildfires, threats to federal officials,  even a fire set to drive out hunters. This began as early as 1982.  Some locals call them “good people,” “salt of the earth.” Bill Hoyt president of the Oregon Cattlemen’s Association,…

  • An American icon looking for work: the cowboy

    Ken Cole

    Economic woes threaten the ranching lifestyle Another article about how the custom and culture of the ranching lifestyle is under threat but this one explains what the real threat is. Not so much environmentalists or government regulation but the economy and low beef prices combined with high beef processing prices are changing the economy for…

  • Nevada: Rancher greed has no limits

    Ralph Maughan

    They even resent wildlife guzzlers– “Members of the [Nevada] state Board of Agriculture argue that as their numbers increase, guzzlers are altering the landscape and taking precious resources, whether water or forage, from ranchers. They want to stop the Nevada Department of Wildlife from constructing any new guzzlers and are exploring possible legal challenges. Some…

  • Investigation under way after ranchers build fence in national forest

    Ken Cole

    New path essentially creates a new road near Bear Lake Rancher admits that they departed from the approved route, which had an old fenceline already cut, because they didn’t want to go through the Forest Service process of getting it changed. “It’s just completely ridiculous, the process they have,” Wamsley says. The new route cuts…

  • Spontaneous combustion of manure at ranch starts big California fire

    Ralph Maughan

    These self-starting manure fires are apparently all too common Southern California when it gets hot- Well . . . another negative side effect of ranching!  Oh, and the location of the ranch where the fire began was kept a secret. Story in the LA Times.

  • Merle Haggard, tell us how you really feel about your local ranchers!

    Ralph Maughan

    Famous country and western singer Merle Haggard is no friend of his local cattle ranchers- “The thing that bothers me the most is the recklessness and greed of the local ranchers, who run too many cattle back here, choking with waste the creek that runs through my property.  There’s certain times of day that the…

  • The Story of Bob the Rancher

    Brian Ertz

    George Wuerthner asks:  Is Ranching Sustainable ?  (As featured on Red State Rebels) In case you didn’t guess; it’s a rhetorical question.  The article also appears in Western Watersheds Project’s Fall ’08 Watersheds Messenger be

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Edward Abbey

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

Jim Fowler

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