How we decided to start our own business on the Mescalero Apache Reservation.
Ranching
Posted inFebruary 16, 2015: Chainsaw Diplomacy
A recent history of land management in the Escalante region
A monumental tug of war.
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Bison, cows and rabbits square off on Utah range
Study says jackrabbits, not bison, are cattle’s main competitors in the Henry Mountains.
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Will endangered species status help the Mexican gray wolf?
Rare subspecies barely hangs on in the Southwest.
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Wyoming grazing dispute threatens bighorn sheep
Rancher’s domestic sheep may pass fatal disease to a major bighorn herd.
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The state of the ‘radical center’
Courtney White talks about innovative ranching and his new book.
Posted inDecember 8, 2014: The Great Salmon Compromise
Range report
What the BLM can (and can’t) tell us about the state of rangeland health.
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Killing wolves to protect cattle may backfire
A new study raises questions about how to handle livestock conflicts.
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What 4-H teaches 7 million kids about food
A new book explores what the century-old organization looks like today.
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Why are Hopi rangers impounding sheep at Black Mesa?
The latest in a fraught relationship between Navajo and Hopi in northern Arizona.
Posted inNovember 24, 2014: Transportation Transformation
Latest: Bison transferred to Fort Peck Indian Reservation
Disease-free animals from Yellowstone get a new home.
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A new map shows rangeland health West-wide
Searchable BLM reports and satellite images for 20,000 grazing allotments.
Posted inNovember 10, 2014: Fallout
The desert-friendly cow
A rancher and a researcher search for a better bovine — and think they’ve found one.
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Dispatch from a young farmers confab
How better dirt can conserve water, save farming and help feed the West.
Posted inOctober 27, 2014: Defuse the West
Defuse the West
Public-land employees are easy targets for a violent, government-hating fringe.
Posted inOctober 27, 2014: Defuse the West
Roots of rebellion: A forum
Four experts discuss threats to federal public-lands employees and where we go from here.
Posted inOctober 27, 2014: Defuse the West
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Posted inJune 23, 2014: River of No Return
Hooligans etch on a petroglyph, a cow breaks a natural gas line and a new website helps ranchers navigate drought.
NORTH DAKOTAEveryone knows that ravens can manipulate sticks as tools, and that squawking magpies enjoy teasing dogs and cats, but who knew that cows – with their bodies alone – could make pipes spill natural gas? In Bismarck, North Dakota, one cow apparently did just that, simply by trying to satisfy an itch or maybe […]
Posted inJune 9, 2014: Border Out of Control
How mining transforms the West’s ranching communities
Photographs of people and places in flux.