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Voluntary Grazing Permit Retirement Act

  • Voluntary Grazing Permit Retirement Act

    George Wuerthner

    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 ranching operations, much less eliminating them, is nearly impossible. Domestic livestock grazing even occurs in national parks, national monuments, wilderness areas, and other public lands…

  • Senator Heinrich Will Not Reintroduce Grazing Permit Buyout Legislation

    George Wuerthner

    Livestock grazing negatively impacts more public lands in the West than any other industry. Photo George Wuerhner  Legislation that would have given the federal government authority to close grazing privileges on public lands was recently withdrawn. Grazing permit buyouts allow the federal government to close public lands to future livestock grazing permanently. New Mexico’s U.S.…

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Edward Abbey

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Jim Fowler

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