An open letter to Congress recommends that it save federal
money by removing cows from public lands. Opinion.
Writers on the Range
Writers on the Range was a project of High Country News from 1998 to 2018. It is now an independent nonprofit organization.
Formerly powerful California Democrats George Miller and
Henry Waxman are lost in the new, Republican Washington.
The authors opine that BLM grazing rules are rigged in
favor of overgrazing and work against conscientious
ranchers.
Media, elected officials and the city of Denver all share
responsibility for DIA and its problems.
The communities of the West can be saved while the land is
protected, too.
A coalition of canyon lovers defeats the U.S. Air Force in
Idaho's Owyhee Canyon.
Legal scholars discuss takings controversy at a University
of Colorado law school conference.
Bruce Babbitt's tactics are forcing environmentalists and
ranchers to change.
A boycott of gold jewelry might solve the problems caused
by mining.
Merry Widow Mine a spa for arthritis sufferers.
Writer warns that consensus grazing management has failed
in the past and will fail again.
Andy Kerr believes grazing must be ended rather than
reformed.
Why Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance doesn't participate
in advisory groups.
Yellowstone elk destroying the biodiversity and ecological
integrity of ecosystem.
Siuslaw National Forest Supervisor Jim Furnish discusses
changing his agency's bad record.
Earth First! founder offers a strategy for making
politicians do the right thing.
A former Forest Service ranger describes the need for a
bill like the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act.
Clinton forest plan doesn't include justice for logging
communities.
Cultural clash between newcomers and land-based old-timers
is nothing new.
In Colorado, Tom Chapman trades West Elk Wilderness
inholding for land near Telluride, bilking the Forest Service of
millions of dollars.
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