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 […]
Restoring North America With A Fork: The role of Agriculture in the destruction of biodiversity
Author’s note. I wrote this piece several decades ago, but never published. Although some of the references may be outdated, the general theme of the article is still valid today. […]
More Hype On Fuel Breaks
Targeted grazing seeks to create vegetation free zones, which advocates suggest will assist firefighters in controlling blazes. However, the collateral damage from grazing vastly exceeds any benefits. Photo George […]
Good News–Feral Cattle To Be Removed From Gila Wilderness (and Update 3-19-23)
Update: The aerial reduction was held. Only 19 feral cows were shot and killed. They were left where they fell so to return to the land they had been extracting […]
Theodore Roosevelt National Park Proposal To Remove Domestic Cattle and Feral Horses Runs Into Opposition
The wild beauty of the Little Missouri badlands within Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota. Photo George Wuerthner Theodore Roosevelt National Park (TRNP) has proposed eliminating feral horses and domestic […]
Freighter Spring–Livestock Vandalism On Challis National Forest
Mount Boarh, Idaho’s highest peak rises above the riparian exclosure that is supposed to be ungrazed. Freighter Spring, Challis National Forest, Idaho. Photo George Wuerthner I recently spent some time […]
Decision to Permit Livestock Grazing in Upper Green Allotments Betrayal of Public Trust
The Upper Green River flows through the center of the 170,000-acre grazing allotment on the Bridger Teton National Forest. Photo George Wuerthner A federal court recently dismissed the […]
BLM Fails To Protect Public Patrimony Through Renewal of Grazing Privileges Without Environmental Review
BLM lands in Oregon. This kind of abuse of public patrimony is legalized vandalism. Photo George Wuerthner Western Watershed Project (WWP) recently completed a review of Bureau of Land Management […]