October 26, 2018 Alaskan rancher’s cattle falling prey to bears in large numbers Non-lethal deterrents have been used by Flickinger to scare bears. However, last year he was forced to shoot a bear. Alaskan law does permit…
October 5, 2018 As grizzly numbers surge, states fight to keep them off endangered list “Grizzly bears have made an amazing recovery here,” said Wyoming Rep. Albert Sommers, who ranches in the eastern part of the state. “We’ve met…
September 21, 2018 Congressional streamlining needed to help both property owners and protected species The latest figures show that the greater sage grouse occupies more than 170 million acres in 11 western states: North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Nevada,…
March 18, 2018 Native American rancher arrested for grazing cattle on reservation faces 20 years July 2016: another round up of Curtis’ cattle occurred. This time a little over 200 were taken, and many were left dead during the…
March 10, 2018 Utah farmers step up to defend Trump monument reductions “The Antiquities Act has been abused to designate ‘monuments’ that grossly exceed the scale envisioned by Congress,” Gibson said. “These land grabs set aside…
March 3, 2018 Texas ranchers may lose property to eminent domain water project Ranchers and farmers in North Texas are angered over the prospect of losing their land and homes through an eminent domain taking for a…
December 12, 2017 Cliven Bundy fights for ranchers’ property rights while in federal custody Cliven believes that these rights bring intrinsic value to his family and to his way of life as a rancher. In fact, without them,…
November 27, 2017 Water for food production must be highest priority Another concern that came out of the OSU study was that the region’s growing population will ultimately max out the water supplies of several…
November 19, 2017 Flashback 1998: Ecoterrorists attack ranches across the West Then the BLM kept taking us off earlier in the spring. We had a cabin that we’d bought with the range, another where Silver…
November 7, 2017 Grazing ‘at the top’ of Nebraska forest and range management “If we can follow the three-legged stool, we can open up all kinds of opportunities for managing the land,” Nickerson said. “Grazing is at…
