Voluntary Federal Grazing Permit Retirements Are A Solution
The federal government is spending hundreds of millions of dollars annually in a misguided and often futile attempt to try and maintain […]
Category: Endangered Species
Posts about public land grazing and its negative impacts upon endangered species.
Arizona’s Mexican Wolf Depredation Compensation Program Rife With Conflicts Of Interest
The Arizona Livestock Loss Board (ALLB) disperses federal funds to ranchers for expenses resulting from the 1998 introduction of endangered Mexican wolves […]
Arizona Game & Fish Department Is In The Ranching Business
The Arizona Game & Fish Department is involved in the business of cattle ranching on public land, despite the fact its only […]
Legislature Changed Arizona Heritage Fund To Benefit Ranchers
The Arizona Legislature has made drastic changes to the state’s two natural Heritage Funds since Arizona voters passed Proposition 200 in 1990 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]