Malpai ranchers Wendy and Warner Glenn look out on a harsh borderlands
landscape prone to drought, shaped by fire, altered by fire suppression
and past grazing practices, and shared with four government agencies,
six endangered species. Their perseverance and creativity—and that of
fellow ranchers Bill and Mary McDonald, Bill Miller Jr., Reese Woodling
and others—in the face of meager and uncertain rainfall, tough
economics, ecological change, encroaching development, and the often
perverse consequences of well-intended regulations is emblematic of a
newly invigorated and collaborative ranching community in the West.
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IN THE NEWS
BLM to study effects of new grazing regs
New regulations impacting grazing practices on 160 million acres of
public land have been placed on hold pending further study. Two retired BLM scientists
have charged that their findings—that the proposed regulations
would result in negative long-term impacts on wildlife and water quality—were
ignored by the agency.
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