Wild horse and burro populations have skyrocketed and are now more than triple the size that our public landscapes can sustain. On the range, these animals compete for water and forage with other wildlife. The result is that there are…
Private landowners are key to sage-grouse conservation because they own almost all of the wetland habitat the species depends on, and they are by far the largest number of grouse conservationists. If the goal is sage-grouse conservation, alienating ranchers and…
Targeted reforms to existing management policies could provide local managers with greater freedom and flexibility to implement creative, locally responsive management solutions while remaining accountable to national environmental and economic standards. Hannah Downey and Holly Fretwell PERC Property & Environment…