Dear HCN,


Unless we markedly cut back on grazing in our arid Southwestern lands such as HCN wrote about May 2, we will continue the process of desertification that has been ongoing ever since large-scale overgrazing started in New Mexico. That long-time ranchers will be forced out of business by adopting prudent grazing policies is unfortunate for them; however, our environment cannot tolerate continued abuse and our country cannot afford to continue to subsidize public-land grazing.


I am a 24-year resident of New Mexico and have a master’s degree in hydrogeology. I admire Ms. Schock’s grit in carrying on this fight because I know how difficult, unpleasant and dangerous her opponents can make it for her.

Daniel Blodgett


Socorro, New Mexico

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An admirer of “Ms. Schock’s Grit’

by Daniel Blodgett, High Country News
June 13, 1994

<h1>An admirer of “Ms. Schock’s Grit’</h1> <p class="byline">by Daniel Blodgett, High Country News <br />June 13, 1994</p> <p>Dear HCN,</p> <p>Unless we markedly cut<br /> back on grazing in our arid Southwestern lands such as HCN wrote<br /> about May 2, we will continue the process of desertification that<br /> has been ongoing ever since large-scale overgrazing started in New<br /> Mexico. That long-time ranchers will be forced out of business by<br /> adopting prudent grazing policies is unfortunate for them; however,<br /> our environment cannot tolerate continued abuse and our country<br /> cannot afford to continue to subsidize public-land<br /> grazing.</p> <p>I am a 24-year resident of New Mexico<br /> and have a master’s degree in hydrogeology. I admire Ms. Schock’s<br /> grit in carrying on this fight because I know how difficult,<br /> unpleasant and dangerous her opponents can make it for<br /> her.</p> </p> <p>Daniel<br /> Blodgett</p> <p>Socorro, New Mexico</p> <div class="wp-block-group hcn-print-edition-box"> <p>This article appeared in the <a href="/?p=187553">print edition of the magazine</a> with the headline <span class="hcn-magtitle">An admirer of "Ms. Schock's Grit'</span>.</p> </p></div> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/issue-15/an-admirer-of-ms-schocks-grit/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info Country News&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.hcn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-HCN_Logo-Monogram_White_Sq-2.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;quality=100&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=104354&amp;amp;ga4=G-0NS3WVPPTN&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/issue-15/an-admirer-of-ms-schocks-grit/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/hcn.org/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> Copy to Clipboard

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