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RANGEfire! | Colorado fails to learn wolf lessons of history
Originally found on RANGEfire!. Originally published in the Spring 2021 issue of RANGE magazine History’s Hard Lessons Unheeded Why would Colorado voters choose to bring medieval monsters into 21st Century landscapes? By Marjorie Haun Wolves are monsters of lore. Mythology clouds their reality but not in the way many believe. In the Bible, grave…
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RANGEfire! | In Colorado it’s illegal for ranchers to protect their livestock and working animals from wolves
Originally found on RANGEfire!. By David Gilbert and Jennifer Brown for The Colorado Sun Don Gittleson woke up Wednesday morning to a sight that’s starting to feel common on his North Park ranch: a cow torn up by wolves, the third attack on his livestock since a few days before Christmas. If this were Montana,…
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RANGEfire! | Report: “30 x 30” landgrab based on environmentalist hysteria, misinformation
Originally found on RANGEfire!. Scientific Report Produced by Robert Gordon for The Heritage Foundation I. Introduction For too long, the environmental left has pushed a narrative that undeveloped land and wildlife are disappearing. This narrative has justified programs that expand government land ownership and the regulation of natural resources. The current Administration’s “30 by 30”…
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RANGEfire! | Biased attacks on beef industry debunked by science
Originally found on RANGEfire!. Posted by Protect the Harvest BIASED ATTACKS ON BEEF INDUSTRY DEBUNKED BY FACTS Attacks on Beef Industry Debunked by Facts In the ongoing war being waged on animal agriculture, the beef industry has come under attack from multiple angles. As is typical of anti-agriculture campaigns, the assault on beef production…
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RANGEfire! | California radicals use local ordinances to destroy America’s greatest sport, the rodeo
Originally found on RANGEfire!. Calling All Cowboys Stop the Madness & Save Rodeo by Kendra Santos for The Team Roping Journal Our Western way of life is under attack. There is an ordinance gaining traction in Los Angeles that is a serious threat to the sport of rodeo and all Western sports—bull riding, barrel racing…
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RANGEfire! | American Stewards hosts conference to oppose “30 x 30” landgrab
Originally found on RANGEfire!. American Stewards of Liberty: Stop 30 x 30 Summit On April 22, 2022, which is referred to by many as “Earth Day,” American Stewards for Liberty, led by Executive Director is Margaret Byfield, will hosting a symposium titled “Stop 30 x 30 Summit.” The conference is being held to bring valuable…
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RANGEfire! | US Forest Service sued for gunning down cattle in New Mexico
Originally found on RANGEfire!. USFS sued for shooting estray cattle in NM 65 head shot By Anna Miller for Western Livestock Journal The New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association (NMCGA), along with the New Mexico Federal Lands Council and two cattle companies, filed suit Feb. 9 in federal district court for New Mexico against the U.S.…
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RANGEfire! | Ranchers: The first and best conservationists
Originally found on RANGEfire!. US Fish & Wildlife Service Stewards of the Land: Ranchers on the Front Lines of Conservation Every morning, ranchers across the country are up and moving before most of us have even had our morning coffee. To them, it’s more than a job. It’s a promise to protect and care for…
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RANGEfire! | Feds to slaughter New Mexico cattle after court denies ranchers’ restraining order
Originally found on RANGEfire!. Feral Cattle Aerial Gunning Continues As Court Denies Restraining Order by Paige Carlson for Drovers The New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association filed a complaint asking the Court to enter a restraining order against the United States Forest Service (USFS) and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). In an emergency…
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RANGEfire! | Colorado has everything to lose if SCOTUS rules badly on WOTUS
Originally found on RANGEfire!. Which Side Will Colorado Be On? by GREG WALCHER on FEBRUARY 4, 2022 Sometimes as part of a dire prediction, someone will say, “I hope I’m wrong, but…” When I heard about a new petition for the U.S. Supreme Court to hear another appeal on the extent of federal jurisdiction over water – the…