[CedarDave]

Thanks for passing the article along.

[Parley Baer]

Go Catron County. Some backbone in the Old West. Parley

[B4Ranch]

"Steve Libby, range staff officer for the Gila National Forest, said that while environmentalists have paid keen attention to management of the Diamond Bar, the Forest Service's own more detailed analysis of available forage led the agency to curtail the Laney grazing."

No rancher who has been in business more than a few years is going to turn out more cattle than the land will support. That can be done by turning out 5000 head for two weeks twice a year or 500 for 10 months. Rounding up thin cattle to sell isn't the business ranchers are in. Maintaining the pastures to support a continued or growing AUM's is something every rancher knows or else is bankrupt very fast.