VICTORY! Cattle Kept Out of Sonoran Desert Ntl Monument

Advocates For the West has won a case against the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) requiring the Bureau to keep cattle out of the monument. Read about it in the link below.

https://advocateswest.org/victory-defending-sonoran-desert-national-monument-from-harmful-livestock-grazing/?utm_source=Advocates+for+the+West+Email+Updates&utm_campaign=341aa4e2c4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_03_12_05_44_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_acc4c1d0df-341aa4e2c4-191511721

Photo from Advocates website (unattributed)

Unlawful Landing Fields in Frank Church Wilderness

 

https://advocateswest.org/challenging-illegal-aircraft-landings-in-idahos-frank-church-river-of-no-return-wilderness/?utm_source=Advocates+for+the+West+Email+Updates&utm_campaign=cfa6e38cf8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_03_12_05_44_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_acc4c1d0df-cfa6e38cf8-191511721

Advocates Victory in Caldwell, Idaho Mine

VICTORY! COURT REVERSES APPROVAL OF CALDWELL CANYON MINE

5th of Jun 2023

https://advocateswest.org/victory-court-nixes-approval-of-caldwell-canyon-mine/?utm_source=Advocates+for+the+West+Email+Updates&utm_campaign=ee81c08d59-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_03_12_05_44_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_acc4c1d0df-ee81c08d59-191511721

Cattle Grazing Halted on Portion of AZ's Tonto Ntl Forest

The 9^th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Forest Service made “serious errors” in violation of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in approving a plan to expand grazing on the Tonto National Forest’s Bar X allotment—including opening pastures that had been closed to grazing for nearly 40 years, which surround the communities of Colcord and Ponderosa.

Read all about it at the link below. And PLEASE donate!

https://advocateswest.org/victory-cattle-grazing-halted-on-portion-of-arizonas-tonto-national-forest/?utm_source=Advocates+for+the+West+Email+Updates&utm_campaign=14be417ed3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_03_12_05_44_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_acc4c1d0df-14be417ed3-191511721

Read the court decision

Photo unattributed on Advocates webpage.

Advocates For the West & the San Pedro Riparian Area

A lawsuit that forces the Bureau of Land Management to reconsider allowing four grazing leases to continue operating in the San Pedro Riparian area was decided in their favor. Read all about it here:

https://advocateswest.org/victory-court-settlement-protects-san-pedro-riparian-national-conservation-area-in-arizona/?utm_source=Advocates+Eblast+List&utm_campaign=c5d136de7f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_03_12_05_44_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_acc4c1d0df-c5d136de7f-436827973

Zuni Pueblo "Pasture"

With all the Social Justice issues swirling about, there's a lot of romanticization of Native Americans' former ability to live sustainably. Things have changed; like most people they drive pickups, eat fast food, and judging by the look of the lands surrounding the Pueblo, they know all about overgrazing.

 

Just up the way, this carcass lies less than a few hundred feet from the road. You can see how little forage there is...identical to conditions in the above video.

New Mexico Ranchers & Wolves

The article below details years of corruption and collusion among ranchers and bureaucrats. It also provides a few examples of integrity that netted the person trouble.

https://theintercept.com/2022/05/24/mexican-gray-wolf-endangered-wildlife-services-fraud/