Continuing the theme George started yesterday, lets take a look at a few other examples.
In case you didn’t watch the excellent film documenting the recovery of Hart Mountain, click here or below.
For those interested in more information on the recovery of Hart Mountain, we have some further resources on the Sage Steppe Wild site.
Another stunning example of the natural recovery that takes place when you take the hooved maggots off of our public lands, is Elk Meadow in the Sawtooth Valley of central Idaho.
Retired Forest Service biologist Mark Moulton documented the recovery of this area with the removal of livestock in a presentation he wrote in 2023.
Click the image below to access the presentation. I suggest accessing this on your computer, not phone. Once you have the presentation up, expand it to be full screen. It is truly stunning.
This presentation is both a gut-wrenching view into the massive unaccounted for costs, in terms of the severe environmental degradation of our public lands, that welfare ranching wrecks, and what we could have if we stopped allowing this pillage of our public lands.
To examine some of the other costs of welfare ranching in the American west you can download Welfare Ranching on Sage Steppe Wild’s website (or there is a link to purchase a paper copy). We also have a wide range of other publications you can access on this same page.
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