I guess the ranchers won’t be able to let their animals wander. It’s a lot more work actually having to keep an eye on them.
There is a reason for a few hundred to a few thousand acres of pasture besides preventing overgrazing.
These predators were eliminated by the people who sought to keep their homes, families, and means of making a living safe. Their return has been mandated by people who do not live anywhere near the threat.
Maybe the wolves should be live-trapped and sent in batches to L.A., NYC, D.C. and SF, just to name a few places, and we could see what the reaction was there.
Family ranchers must “ let them wander.” It is also called federal grazing permits.
These federal allotments allow cattle, sheep...( for a fee of money and required labor on the forest permit area )...to eat during the summer on the mountains so that the valley fields can rest and produce feed for the winter.
As you destroy family ranchers, your food supply will increasingly be corporate feed lots. Think growth hormones and lots of other drugs...with higher food prices for the consumers.
The good news for liberals who like Ted Turner and his friends : you will see many new eco-lodges available for the rich Hollywood crowd.
Second, the family rancher is likely not keeping “ an eye on them “ 24 hours a day. He likely has other work to do.
Assume that you have a small herd of 100 cattle and, at a formula of 30 acres of rangeland to support one cow, those 100 cattle are spread out over 3000 acres (approx. 4.7 square miles), how many ranch hands should a rancher hire to 'keep an eye' on 100 cattle 24 hours a day, 7 days a week...?