Cattle & Range Resources
(compiled
by Larry Walker, the editor of Range
Biome)
Note:
The following links are for information purposes only. They are organized
under each of the six articles in Cascadia Times' series on the BLM
and grazing.
General
Waste
of The West: Public Lands Ranching, by Lynn Jacobs 1991
(Lynn's
entire book is now online. Excellent depth, documentation, references.
If you don't use any of the other links - DO use this one).
http://www.apnm.org/waste_of_west/index.htm
A
Cowfree 21st Century
(Yep,
this is one of my pages. No original content, but LOTS of links including
many of those listed below)
http://www.rangebiome.org/cowfree
Atlantic
Monthly
The
Atlantic Monthly's take on cows.
www.theatlantic.com/issues/99jul/9907ranchers.htm
Mike
Hudak's critique of the Atlantic Monthly article. Thorough with excellent/extensive
references.
http://www.rangenet.org/war.html
Part
1
Head 'em up, move 'em out
Lawsuits, water, riparian issues
Oregon
Natural Desert Association
Survey
of livestock influences on stream and riparian ecosystems in the western
United States
http://www.onda.org/rippaper.html
Oregon
Natural Desert Association Litigation
http://www.onda.org/page13.htm
Idaho
Watersheds Project
Legal
Document Archive
http://www.idahowatersheds.org/lawbrie.htm
Forest
Guardians
An
Index and Summary of Significant Grazing Litigation (1973-1997)
http://www.fguardians.org/cowcourt.htm#f14
Range
Watch
Red
Butte Canyon Research Natural Area: A Rare Undisturbed Watershed in
Northern Utah 5/4/97 Field Trip with Dr. Robert Ohmart, Arizona State
University (a 30 minute video) (tour and discussion of healthy stream/riparian)
http://rangewatch.org/library/#redbutte
Part
2
Breaking the Law for 60 Years
History of BLM and the western range
The
ONDA petition
Petition
for the Department of Interior to initiate rulemaking to establish procedural
and substantive standards to govern the Bureau of Land Management's
(BLM) determinations of those areas of BLM land that are "chiefly
valuable for grazing and raising forage crops" as required by the
Taylor Grazing Act.
http://www.onda.org/petition.html
Part
3
Disenchantment in the Land of Enchantment
Domenici, New Mexico & El Maipais
(These
two articles are not specific to Domenici & El Maipais, but they
dig into things in New Mexico pretty thoroughly.)
The
Cowboy Myth
The
City Slicker's Guide to Welfare Ranching in New Mexico.
http://members.aol.com/cowboymyth
Forest
Guardians
Your
Public Lands: Grazed to the Bone. Livestock grazing is by far the single
most destructive activity on Southwestern public lands.
http://www.fguardians.org/graz.html
Part
4
The beef against the BLM
Overview of BLM
(These
are historic documents that give lots of insight into how policy on
grazing public lands administered by BLM evolved. Basically, a committee
of foxes wrote the rules for managing the chickens. The first two also
illustrate how the government failed to "identify lands chiefly
valuable for grazing" as alleged in Bill's petition discussed in
Part 2 from the git-go).
The
Taylor Act
Establishing
Management Under the Taylor Grazing Act. Presented by F. R. Carpenter
(first Director of the Grazing Service) at Montana State College, January
8, 1962.
http://www.rangebiome.org/archive/establishtga.phtml
Historical
Interview
With
Farrington R. Carpenter. An interview with the first Director of the
Grazing Service by the Bureau of Land Management, October 17, 1971.
http://www.rangebiome.org/archive/interviewfrc.phtml
Early
History
The
Taylor Grazing Act in Colorado
http://www.rangebiome.org/archive/colohist.phtml
Part
5
Corporate Cowboys Hold Most Federal Grazing Permits
Who & grazing fees
Taking
From the Taxpayer
Public
Subsidies for Natural Resource Development. http://www.house.gov/resources/105cong/democrat/subsidy.htm
Natural
Resources Defense Council
The
environmental and financial cost of cattle grazing on
U.S. public land is no chickenfeed.
http://www.nrdc.org/triv/grazef.html
The
Real Welfare Queens
Great
color cartoons
http://www.poky.srv.net/~idwp/bilbrd2.htm
Wing-Tipped
Welfare Cowboys Ride the Range
Politicians
and ranching industry groups, claiming changes in federal grazing policy
will hurt small "mom and pop" ranchers, are playing loose
with the facts. A majority of public land is controlled by a few wealthy
individuals and corporations. http://www.fguardians.org/$$cowboy.htm
Livestock
Liabilities
Impacts
of Commercial Livestock Grazing On Your Public Lands (an 8 minute video)
(Kind of spans all topics. Lead in has brief discussion of who uses
public lands for grazing).
http://rangewatch.org/library/#liabilities
Part
6
BLM makes life rough for Whistleblower
Whistleblowers (I am not aware of anything on the web about
BLM whistleblowers. These are Forest Service and Fish & Wildlife.
The climate is similar.)
Southwest
Center for Biological Diversity
Whistle
Blowers: Land Management Personnel Speak Out.
http://www.sw-center.org/swcbd/resources/whistle.html
Frustrated
Biologists Blast Forest Service
http://www.sw-center.org/swcbd/resources/albjour-3-5-98.txt
Another
Southwestern Biologist Resigns: Cites frustration with Forest Service
mismanagement of grazing, logging, and personnel.
http://www.sw-center.org/swcbd/resources/popp.html
Range
Biome
Top
Forest Service Biologist Blasts Agency Mismanagement - Calls for dismissal
of key leaders, end to livestock grazing in Southwest, scientific review
of damage to watersheds and endangered species.
http://www.rangebiome.org/cowfree/fsblastsfs.phtml
More
Forest Service Whistleblowers Speak Out On Overgrazing, Logging, Abuse
of Biologists in Southwest.
http://www.rangebiome.org/cowfree/whistle.phtml
Websites
on the Issue of Grazing on Public Lands
RangeBiome,
A Public Rangeland Almanac
http://www.rangebiome.org
RangeNet
http://www.rangenet.org
Range
Watch
http://www.rangewatch.org
Forest
Guardian's Grazing Page
http://www.fguardians.org/graz.html
GREEN's
Grazing Page
http://www.defenders.org/grazing1.html
Idaho
Watersheds Project
http://www.idahowatersheds.org
Oregon
Natural Desert Association
http://www.onda.org
A
Public Rangeland Forum http://www.hotboards.com/powerforum/pwrforum.exe?who=rangeforum&all=yes
(interactive, lots of current alerts and news)
Southwest
Center for Biological Diversity's "Oust the Cows" page
http://www.sw-center.org/swcbd/grazing/grazing.html
The
Public Lands Grazing Activist
http://trojan.neta.com/~jburgess/
Wolfsoul's
"Cattle Grazing on Public Lands" page
http://www.gci-net.com/~users/w/wolfsoul/environment/cattle/cattle.html
Links
to Some of the Livestock Industry's Favorite Sites
THE
BENNETT FAMILY
PARAGON
FOUNDATION
NATIONAL
RIFLE ASSOCIATION
McCAIN
2000
RANGE
MAGAZINE
MOUNTAIN
STATES LEGAL FOUNDATION
PEOPLE
FOR THE USA!
THE
INSTITUTE
CENTER
FOR THE DEFENSE OF FREE ENTERPRISE
THE
HERITAGE FOUNDATION
THE
GOLDWATER INSTITUTE
LIVESTOCK
WEEKLY
CATTLEPAGES
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