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 […]
Category: Bureau of Land Management
Posts about livestock grazing on Arizona’s BLM lands.
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 […]
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 […]
New Livestock Waters Aren’t Always Good On Western Public Lands
The most popular argument ranchers like use to defend their use of Western public lands is that the livestock watering sites they […]
Livestock Grazing Is Being Permitted on Hot Desert Public Lands
Did you know that the federal agencies charged with managing our public lands permit livestock grazing in desert ecosystems? In Arizona, for […]
Privatizing Public Lands is More Republican Kookery
Republicans have launched the biggest attack on America’s public lands since President Ronald Reagan gave political legitimacy to the Sagebrush Rebellion by appointing […]
Holistic Resource Management (HRM) Grazing Schemes Are Degenerative
Holistic resource management (HRM) proponents often claim that HRM livestock grazing schemes are a form of regenerative agriculture, but they are degenerative […]
Ranchers Threaten Multiple Use Doctrine On Public Lands
In the wake of the 2014 armed standoff in Nevada incited by public lands rancher Cliven Bundy, some ranchers have made excuses […]
Nevada Rancher Cliven Bundy Is A Right-Wing Extremist – Not A Hero
Heavily armed right-wing militia members began gathering at the cattle ranch of Cliven Bundy in arid Clark County, Nevada, in response to […]
Preserving Public Land Ranching Won’t Protect Open Space In The West
You’ve probably heard ranchers make the argument that we must preserve public land ranching in the West or ranchers will be forced […]