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:
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/
The Impact of Ignorance
This article from University of California Division of Agriculture & Resources gives insight into how little people know about the impact of grazing.
https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=14308
Great Basin National Park
Strawberry Creek is one of the few remaining holdouts for Bonneville Trout, a native species nearing extinction.
The sign near the highway warns of the threats from the recent fire: falling trees, flash flooding.
There's no mention of the reek of cowshit or all the flies that make eating difficult.
mmmmMMMMMM! Check out that tasty-looking pie in the lower right
Nor is there mention of the incising of the creek's sides caused by cattle. Or the trampling of the edges, destroying overhangs that provide shade and safety for fish (trout).
No Place to Hide or Get Out of the Heat
Incising: The result of cattle eating the vegetation that holds the soil in place
No over-hanging bank or Vegetation to help keep the water cool
Lower Strawberry Creek
Upper Strawberry Creek Trailhead
Note the lack of overhanging banks in the above video. There is also no overhanging vegetation. Trees and willows that would otherwise help keep water temperatures down may have been lost in the fire, but the lack of banks is a direct and long-term result of grazing. Trout thrive in COLD water. Please write to your representative and ask them to remove the livestock and help preserve this special place for generations to come.
And they have the GALL to tell us to LEAVE NO TRACE!
With & Without Cows
The graphic that's responsible.
In the upper half - without livestock (cows, sheep, goats) -- we see a limited, but better representation of natural diversity.
In the lower half - WITH livestock -- we get locusts, two species of flies and their top predators: the horned lark and the killdeer.
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