LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Drought returned to the West last summer, with a little help from the federal government. Ranchers from Oregon to New Mexico – their herds grown too abundant as a result of a well-intentioned drought relief program – let grass-starved cows and sheep strip parched rangelands bare. The emergency feed program, run […]
Jerry L. Holechek
Posted inNovember 1, 1993: Sunbelt confrontation
Babbitt inherited a mess; his plan will make it worse
The authors argue that Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt’s Rangeland Reform ’94 proposal will do more harm than good. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Babbitt inherited a mess; his plan will make it worse.