Arizona Legislature Diverted Proposition 303 Money To Ranchers
Arizona voters passed Proposition 303 in 1998 to fund the Growing Smarter Act with the belief that it would provide $20 million […]
Author: Jeffrey D Burgess
Arizona Water Protection Fund Grants Hijacked
The Arizona Water Protection Fund (AWPF) has been hijacked by ranchers and other agricultural interests, despite the fact it was created in […]
Arizona Game & Fish Department Helping Wildlife That Go Moo
The money the Arizona Game & Fish Department raises from its annual Big Game Super Raffle is supposed to be used for […]
Livestock Forage Disaster Program A Disaster For Taxpayers
Ranchers in the desert Southwest have received large subsidies from the USDA’s Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) which have perpetuated unsustainable ranching […]
EQIP Program Provides Huge Subsidies To Public Land Ranchers
The USDA’s Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) should be targeted by Congressional budget hawks every time a Farm Bill comes up for […]
Arizona State Grazing Leases Mismanaged In Favor Of Ranchers
The State of Arizona is managing its state land grazing leases primarily for the benefit of ranchers, not the state’s public schools […]
The Truth About Arizona’s Environmental License Plates
Thousands of Arizona’s motor vehicle owners have purchased a specialty license plate believing a portion of the extra fee they paid for […]
San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area Threatened
The Arizona Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Gila District Office proposed to increase cattle grazing in the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation […]
What Would Tony Merten Think About Our Situation Today?
On Saturday, March 2, 1996, I was surprised to receive a large, padded envelope in the mail. The return address showed it […]
Zinke’s Outcome-Based Grazing Initiative Raises Questions
President Donald Trump’s pick to manage the U.S. Department of the Interior, Ryan Zinke, is promoting a new “outcome-based” livestock management initiative […]