Dear HCN,
The debate over cows on public lands (HCN, 1/20/03: THE GREAT RANCHING DEBATE) missed the best book I’ve yet read on the subject. HCN probably reviewed it back in 1995 when it was published, but its emphasis on national dialogue between opposing factions and realistically looking at what actually happens on the ground are as applicable today as eight years ago.

I recommend it to all my cowgirl (and boy) friends who are otherwise learning to distrust environmentalists: Beyond the Rangeland Conflict: Towards a West that Works by Dan Dagget, with portraits by Jay Dusard.

Eric Burr
Mazama, Washington

Editor’s note: See Dan Dagget’s opinion piece “It’s unAmerican, or at best unWestern, but cooperation works” (HCN, 10/16/95: It’s unAmerican, or at best unWestern, but cooperation works).

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Beyond rangeland conflict

by Eric Burr, High Country News
February 17, 2003

<h1>Beyond rangeland conflict</h1> <p class="byline">by Eric Burr, High Country News <br />February 17, 2003</p> <p>Dear<i> HCN,</i><br /> The debate<br /> over cows on public lands (HCN, 1/20/03: THE GREAT RANCHING DEBATE)<br /> missed the best book I’ve yet read on the subject. HCN<br /> probably reviewed it back in 1995 when it was published, but its<br /> emphasis on national dialogue between opposing factions and<br /> realistically looking at what actually happens on the ground are as<br /> applicable today as eight years ago.</p> <p> I recommend it to all<br /> my cowgirl (and boy) friends who are otherwise learning to distrust<br /> environmentalists: <i>Beyond the Rangeland Conflict: Towards<br /> a West</i> that Works by Dan Dagget, with portraits by Jay<br /> Dusard.</p> <p> Eric Burr<br /> Mazama, Washington </p> <p><i>Editor’s note: See Dan Dagget’s opinion piece<br /> “It’s unAmerican, or at best unWestern, but cooperation<br /> works” </i>(HCN, 10/16/95: It’s unAmerican, or at best<br /> unWestern, but cooperation works).</p> <div class="wp-block-group hcn-print-edition-box"> <p>This article appeared in the <a href="/?p=188844">print edition of the magazine</a> with the headline <span class="hcn-magtitle">Beyond rangeland conflict</span>.</p> </p></div> <p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://www.hcn.org/issues/issue-244/beyond-rangeland-conflict/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://www.hcn.org">High Country News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.hcn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-HCN_Logo-Monogram_White_Sq-2.png?fit=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://www.hcn.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=109239&amp;ga4=G-0NS3WVPPTN" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p> Copy to Clipboard

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