Dust from livestock grazing in the southwest reduces water runoff in the Colorado River Basin by 5%
An interesting study has been released by the Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies which explains that spring runoff from the Colorado Rockies has been compressed into a shorter period of time due to high levels of dust [...]
Continue Reading →As mega-dairies and feedlots make up more of Idaho’s dairy industry, the conflicts between people and cattle are increasing
Guess what. There’s shit in the air and water around these facilities and people are getting sick.
“High nitrate levels in water can cause brain damage in infants and has been associated with reproductive problems and [...]
Continue Reading →Wants livestock industry to use antibiotics just for the health of the animals and to remove from general livestock feed
Not only does the livestock industry foul waters with livestock waste, destroy public lands and habitat, and contribute the greatest to greenhouse gas emissions, it also threatens the health of humans by feeding antibiotics to [...]
Continue Reading →I recently attended a gathering of activists engaged in curtailing CAFOs/Feedlots and their many crimes against our common water and air. With the success of California activists at bringing health and environmental regulation to the massive feedlots in their state, many other western states not so apt to test the water or otherwise regulate are [...]
Continue Reading →Unsafe levels of livestock associated pathogens infest alpine waters
Alpine lakes and streams of the Sierra Mountains are fouled with Giardia, E. coli, and other pathogens from livestock grazing on Forest Service Lands. Dr. Michael J. Connor, the California Director of Western Watersheds Project is one of the authors of the paper.
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Continue Reading →A great victory for rural Nevada and the land and wildlife over Pat Mulroy and Southern Nevada Water Authority-
“Plans to siphon billions of gallons of groundwater from rural Nevada were tossed out today by the Nevada Supreme Court.” Nevada Supreme Court Rules Against Vegas Water Claim. LasVegasNow.com
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Harmed by the effects of the Libby Dam, the Kootenai River sturgeon haven’t spawned for 35 years now-
North America’s biggest fish slips toward extinction. By Matthew Brown. Associated Press.
They even resent wildlife guzzlers-
“Members of the [Nevada] state Board of Agriculture argue that as their numbers increase, guzzlers are altering the landscape and taking precious resources, whether water or forage, from ranchers. They want to stop the Nevada Department of Wildlife from constructing any new guzzlers [...]
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