THIS GRAZING BILL IS A DISASTER On May 25, New Mexico Sen. Pete Domenici introduced the Livestock Grazing Act (HCN, 6/12/95). The bill would overturn Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt’s Rangeland Reform proposal. The following is a letter to Sen. Domenici from longtime Arizona activist Steve Johnson. Dear Sen. Domenici: I am completely sincere in my […]
Steve Johnson
Posted inNovember 15, 1993: The decline and fall of salmon
Is the Gila pasture or wilderness?
A coalition of environmentalists pressures the Forest Service to control grazing and the Diamond Bar Ranch in the Gila Wilderness. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Is the Gila pasture or wilderness?.
Posted inApril 20, 1992: The government's investigative agency says, again, cows aren't good for the arid West
‘Disaster, disaster on the range,’ report says
The General Accounting Office (GAO) has repeatedly criticized the Bureau of Land Management’s handling of livestock grazing on the nation’s public lands, citing overgrazed, cattle being favored over wildlife, lack of land management planning, and grazing of excess numbers of livestock. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/24.7/download-entire-issue
Posted inSeptember 11, 1989: Two Forks dam: EPA reaffirms its veto intent
Federal agents killed about 250,000 predators in 1987
For more than 60 years, very little has changed inside the federal Animal Damage Control division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/21.17/download-entire-issue
Posted inApril 27, 1987: Two views of Allan Savory
Allan Savory: Guru of false hopes and an overstocked range
More than any other reason, Savory owes his success thus far to the utter failure of today’s range management establishment. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/19.8/download-entire-issue
Posted inMarch 3, 1986: In defense of running cows on the public's land
A frugal desert creature is in deep trouble
There are no mysteries in the story of the demise of the desert tortoise. They are the same factors that have led to the demise of the Southwest itself. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/18.4/download-entire-issue
Posted inDecember 23, 1985: High Noon in Washington, D.C.
BLM’s grazing program is a national scandal
A mere 2 percent of the nation’s cattle are consuming the Western public lands that belong to all Americans. So abused are these lands that many millions of acres are only one-tenth as productive as in pre-settlement times. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.24/download-entire-issue
Posted inJuly 8, 1985: A fruitgrower falls prey to his poisonous sprays
1080 may hasten the sheep industry’s death
If compound 1080 again comes into wide use, the inevitable abuses that will follow could mean the end of livestock grazing on public lands. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.13/download-entire-issue