Results for keyword: Grazing
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Ranching's worst enemy? It's not greens
Western ranchers rejoice when a federal court jury finds that the nation’s largest meatpacker, Tyson/IBP, has illegally squeezed $1.28 billion from independent cattle producers
by Ray Ring, Mar 15, 2004 -
The Last Open Range
Wyoming’s Green Mountain Common Allotment is one of the West’s last big, wide-open landscapes – but these days, ranchers, environmentalists, history buffs and the BLM are arguing over whether it’s time to start putting up fences
by Geoffrey O'Gara, Mar 01, 2004 -
The New West collides with open-range laws
As the West grows and develops, more people find themselves drawn into the conflict over open-range laws
by Ray Ring, Mar 01, 2004 -
Rollbacks on the range
The Bureau of Land Management plans to revise its Clinton-era grazing regulations, and critics say the changes will let ranchers ride roughshod over the public lands
by Jodi Peterson, Feb 16, 2004 -
Ranchers hijacking public lands
by Katie Fite, Jan 19, 2004 -
Wildlife win one in Yellowstone
The National Wildlife Federation negotiates two important land deals with ranchers in the Yellowstone area, ending grazing on Horse Butte and protecting local bison
by Ray Ring, Dec 22, 2003 -
On a new national monument, has an agency been cowed?
When President Clinton established Oregon’s Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument three years ago, he told the BLM to study grazing impacts, but now funding for the study has been cut, while grazing continues unabated
by Kathie Durbin, Nov 10, 2003 -
Reckless rancher cuts sweet deal in D.C.
The Bush administration cuts a deal with Wyoming rancher Harvey Frank Robbins Jr., and orders the Worland BLM office to back off on enforcing grazing regulations
by Brodie Farquhar, Sep 29, 2003 -
Compromise can take more courage than taking a stand
Sometimes opponents have to work together to deal with thorny issues, as environmentalists and ranchers are trying to do in Idaho’s Owyhee County.
by Rocky Barker, Jan 27, 2003 -
Dear Friends
A blizzard of mail; keeping us on our toes; more corrections
by Greg Hanscom, Jan 20, 2003
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