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  • The Latest Bounce

    Richard Pombo wants new offshore drilling; Nevada gold mines spew mercury across West; grazing fees don’t pay for program; judge slams Forest Service over refusal to look at environmental impacts of fire retardant

    by Matt Jenkins, Nov 28, 2005
  • You can't keep a cow from water (or Jon Marvel from grazing issues)

    You can't keep a cow from water (or Jon Marvel from grazing issues)

    The founder of Western Watersheds Project will retire, but remains vigilant against "welfare ranching."

    by Paul Larmer, Jan 09, 2013

  • The Latest Bounce

    Grazing fees to be cut; Russian drill rigs coming to Colorado; new power plant on Navajo Nation gets big tax break; Washington may become sixth Western state with renewable energy standards

    by Jodi Peterson, Feb 20, 2006

  • Rancher wins big in libel suit against enviros

    Arizona rancher and investment banker Jim Chilton wins a $600,000 judgment for libel against The Center for Biological Diversity

    by Mitch Tobin, Feb 21, 2005
  • Detente in the rancher v. environmentalist grazing wars?

    Detente in the rancher v. environmentalist grazing wars?

    Buying out grazing permits from willing ranchers could help solve conflicts over grazing on public lands.

    by Jodi Peterson, Jan 22, 2012
  • A final hats off to rancher Doc Hatfield

    A final hats off to rancher Doc Hatfield

    With the help of his wife, Connie, and a bunch of determined fellow ranchers, the late Doc Hatfield helped change the face of public-lands ranching in the West.

    by Ed Marston, Apr 26, 2012

  • Ranching still has a place on our public lands

    Mary Flitner believes public-land ranchers and Forest Service employees can – and should – get along with each other.

    by Mary Flitner, Dec 24, 2007

  • The great ranch lands sell-off

    Environmentalists and ranchers should quit arguing about public-lands grazing and work together with the land trust movement to save the land we all love

    by Paul Larmer, Mar 29, 2004

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