To: jazusamo
“Ranchers act as stewards of the land on leases”
Stewards or not, it is not their land, and they have no long term incentive to protect it.
To: Born to Conserve
The incentive they have is knowing they’ll be out of business without it. Many of the ranches I’m familiar with have been in operation over half a century and longer and have used those leases.
14 posted on
05/10/2009 11:47:22 AM PDT by
jazusamo
(But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
To: Born to Conserve
Stewards or not, it is not their land, and they have no long term incentive to protect it.
Grazing on lands in the West is essential in keeping wildfires down as they keep the grasses shorter which curtails spreading of fires, something that was previously taken care of by other animals (elk, buffalo).
It is in the public interest for the ranchers to use that land for grazing. It also keeps the price of meat down, just as logging on public lands reduces the cost of housing.
To: Born to Conserve; GladesGuru; editor-surveyor; familyop
Just more BS from the eco-wackos trying to kill the entire state economy so they can use it as their back yard
19 posted on
05/10/2009 12:19:41 PM PDT by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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