Results for keyword: ranching
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A new collaboration has Idaho ranchers and the BLM fighting fire together
Conflicts began after the BLM banned ranchers from fighting fire on public land. But a surprising solution has emerged.
by Emily Guerin, May 08, 2013 -
Saying good-bye to the ranch
Four families cooperate on conservation easements in order to save a huge ranch in Colorado from development.
by Kerry Brophy Lloyd, Mar 13, 2012 -
Farmland conservation program may be plowed under
The Conservation Reserve Program, which pays farmers to idle highly erodible cropland, is facing budget cuts and other challenges.
by Stephanie Paige Ogburn, Sep 20, 2011 -
When some ranchers use poison -- just like the old days
Some ranchers in western Kansas are using a deadly biocide called Rozol to kill endangered species like the black-footed ferret.
by Ted Williams, Jan 21, 2010 -
The meat of the matter
In Righteous Porkchop, Nicolette Hahn Niman takes on factory farming but gives ranching a pass.
by Andrea Appleton, Aug 03, 2009 -
Coffee with the ladies
Rancher Mary Flitner visits with some female bovine friends before going off to have coffee with the human ladies of Shell, Wyo.
by Mary Flitner, May 05, 2008 -
Toxic bison
Dave Skinner wants Yellowstone to get a handle on its “toxic bison” before they infect more elk with brucellosis, which can then get passed on to cattle.
by Dave Skinner, Mar 03, 2008 -
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 -
Looking forward, looking back
William Kittredge brings together new and selected essays about life in the West in The Next Rodeo.
by Claire Dederer, Oct 29, 2007 -
Living precariously with wolves and cattle
Bryce Andrews kills a wolf in order to save his cattle – and the lives of other wolves.
by Bryce Andrews, Aug 06, 2007






