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 […]
Category: Forest Service
Posts about livestock grazing on Arizona’s National Forests.
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 gets from the annual Big Game Super Raffle, which is now managed by the […]
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 […]
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
America’s public lands are a unique and popular political creation, but Republicans have launched their biggest attack on them since President Ronald […]
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 […]