Lucas Waldron, Author at High Country News

Cattle trails scar a denuded landscape near Carlin, Nevada. Like much of the West, it is a patchwork of private property and public rangeland overseen by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.

December 2025: Wild Harvest

Congress made it easier to ignore grazing’s harm to public lands

by Mark Olalde, Jimmy Tobias and Lucas Waldron December 2, 2025December 2, 2025

Federal law requires agencies to review the environmental impacts of grazing, but government employees allege the system is riddled with loopholes.

December 2025: Wild Harvest

How we reported Free Range, our grazing investigation

by Mark Olalde, Gabriel Sandoval, Lucas Waldron and Jimmy Tobias December 1, 2025

Data and analyses used in the stories.