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 […]
Category: Bureau of Land Management
Posts about livestock grazing on Arizona’s BLM lands.
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 […]
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 […]
Public Lands Multiple Use Doctrine Threatened by Ranchers
In the wake of the fiasco created by public lands rancher Cliven Bundy in Nevada, some ranchers are making excuses for him […]
Nevada Rancher Cliven Bundy A Dangerous Kook – Not A Hero
Heavily armed right-wing militia members are flocking to Clark County, Nevada, in response to appeals for help from 67-year-old cattle rancher Cliven […]