Tag: livestock subsidies

  • Conservation Groups and Livestock Interests Work to Create a New $25 Million Rancher Slush Fund

    Recently we were informed of a new effort by two conservation groups, a Native American tribe and livestock interests “to secure $25 million from the upcoming 2012 Farm Bill to help livestock producers reduce the risk of livestock losses to grizzly bears, wolves, black bears and mountain lions.” This taxpayer money is meant to “reduce…

  • Part 1 of a 3 part series in the Sacremento Bee: The killing agency: Wildlife Services’ brutal methods leave a trail of animal death

    Tom Knudson of the Sacremento Bee has been working on this very important and eye opening series about USDA Wildlife Services for several months. I was contacted by him in December last year and we talked about several issues related to WS and their killing. This first installment of three introduces people to the agency…

  • Here are the Facts: Bighorn Sheep vs Domestic Sheep

    This morning the Idaho Statesman published the view of Margaret Soulen-Hinson, the President of the American Sheep Industry Association. The letter was a response to a letter submitted to the Idaho Statesman co-signed by John Gale, National Wildlife Federation; Rob Fraser, Idaho Wildlife Federation; Craig Gehrke, The Wilderness Society; John Robison, Idaho Conservation League; and…

  • Mike Simpson Believes his Bighorn and Grazing Riders will Pass.

    Yesterday it was reported by Rocky Barker that Idaho Representative Mike Simpson believes that the bighorn and grazing riders are likely to make it into law. The riders, attached to the Fiscal Year 2012 – House Interior-Environment Appropriations Bill, would essentially do two things. First, the Bighorn Rider would shut down any process that the BLM…

  • More welfare for livestock operators

    Read this. You can find it at Thomas http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:s3211: Ralph Maughan – – – – – – – S. 3211 To amend the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans’ Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007, to clarify eligibility for livestock indemnity payments. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 26, 2008 Mr. BAUCUS…

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