HCN editor Ed Marston says: The dozen or so articles in this issue came out of two visits to the high desert country of southeastern Oregon in summer and fall 1991. I went there convinced that, perhaps over the medium term, public-land ranching was doomed.”
Wilderness and cattle don’t mix
The leader of the Oregon Natural Desert Association explains why participation in grazing-reform working groups by environmentalists is a waste of time, or even a sabotage of environmentalist goals. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/24.5/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Ranching’s charismatic reformers
In Oregon, Doc and Connie Hatfield combine ecology, politics and marketing to strengthen the economics of ranching. To read this article, click the “View a PDF from the original” link below, or download the entire issue: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/24.5/download-entire-issue This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Ranching’s charismatic reformers.
A neighborly approach to sustainable public-land grazing
An experiment is under way in Oregon that may be an alternative to all-out war over use of the public lands. To read this article, click the “View a PDF from the original” link below, or download the entire issue: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/24.5/download-entire-issue This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline A…
Grizzlies lack enough room to roam
Just 44 percent of the “nuisance” grizzly bears trapped and relocated in the northern Rockies survive two years without getting into trouble again, says a wildlife biologist for the state of Montana. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/24.5/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E