Biden and Haaland’s Opportunity to Further Conservation President Biden and Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland could go down in history if they created additional National Monuments. Although Biden has […]
Livestock Grazing in the West–A full accounting of costs
Attached is a Zoom talk I gave to the Massachusetts Sierra Club on the ecological costs of livestock grazing in the West, but I also provide evidence that livestock production […]
Livestock Impacts on Soil Carbon or Why Regenerative Ag Is Unlikely To Be The Panacea Claimed
Cattle congregating in the riparian area, Chama, New Mexico. Photo George Wuerthner SOIL CARBON AND LIVESTOCK Rangelands make up a large proportion of the Earth’s surface, and the soils hold […]
Pygmy Rabbit Proposed For Listing Under Endangered Species Act
Prime pygmy rabbit sagebrush habitat along the Big Lost River where I lived while working for the Challis National Forest. Photo George Wuerthner Years ago, I worked on the […]
Livestock Grazing In Wilderness Areas
“The grazing of livestock, where established prior to the effective date of this Act, shall be permitted to continue subject to such reasonable regulations as are deemed necessary by the […]
Voluntary Grazing Permit Retirement Act
Cattle grazing in the Blue Range Wilderness of New Mexico. Photo George Wuerthner Anyone who has ever worked on public lands livestock issues knows that modifying the negative impacts of […]
Juniper and grasslands–How Cattle Grazing Impacts Ecosystems
Ungrazed juniper and grass in Sutton Mountain Proposed Wilderness, Oregon. Photo George Wuerthner One of the most common assertions from the livestock industry and range managers is that juniper is […]
The Social Carbon Cost of Public Land Livestock Grazing
Public land livestock grazing has a significant social cost in terms of carbon emissions contributing to climate warming. Grand Staircase-Escalante NM Utah. Photo George Wuerthner An important paper was published […]