Welfare Ranching: The Subsidized Destruction of the American West
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The majority of the American public does not know that livestock grazing in the arid West has caused more damage than the chainsaw and bulldozer combined. Welfare Ranching: The Subsidized Destruction of the American West is a seven-pound book featuring 346 pages of articles and photographs by expert authors and photographers on the severe negative impacts of livestock grazing on western public lands. Selected articles and photographs are available online below. You can also click here to buy Welfare Ranching at a discount. |
Table
of Contents Introduction
Part Introductions, I - VII
Part
I - This Land Is Your Land
Ranching Myths
Myth:
Ranchers Are Good Stewards of the Land Myth:
Rangeland Conditions are ImprovingMyth:
Livestock Benefit WildlifeMyth:
Public Lands Grazing Supports the Family RancherMyth:
Cattle Have Replaced the BisonMyth:
Rangelands Must Be Grazed to Stay Healthy Myth:
Ranching Is the Foundation of Rural EconomiesMyth:
It's Either Ranching or SubdivisionsMyth:
Good Livestock Production and Ecosystem Preservation Can CoexistPart
II - Cultural and Historical Roots: The Grasp of the Cowboy on Contemporary
Consciousness
Part
III - Looking Across the Arid West: What's Wrong with This Picture?
Part
IV - A Century of Trashing Public Lands: Ecological Impacts of Livestock
Production in Arid Western Landscapes
Lifeblood
of the West: Riparian Zones, Biodiversity, and Degradation by Livestock,
Dr. J. Boone Kauffman Guzzling
the West's Water: Squandering a Public Resource at Public Expense,
George WuerthnerThe
Soil's Living Surface: Biological Crusts, George Wuerthner
Comrades
in Harm: Livestock and Exotic Weeds in the Intermountain West, Dr.
Joy Belsky & Jonathan L. GelbardBirds
and Bovines: Effects of Livestock Grazing on Birds in the West, Dr.
Carl E. BockRanching
in Bear Country: Conflict and Conservation, Dr. Brian L. HorejsiA
West Without Wolves: The Livestock Industry Hamstrings Wolf Recovery,
Michael J. RobinsonPrairie
Dog Gone: Myth, Persecution, and Preservation of a Keystone Species,
Lauren McCain, Dr. Richard P. Reading, Dr. Brian J. Miller
Where Bison Once Roamed: The
Impacts of Cattle and Sheep on Native Herbivores, Bill WillersPart
V - Ranching Economics and Livestock Subsidies: The True Cost of a HamburgerPart
VI - False Hopes and Counterarguments: Ways to Stay Blind to the Critical
Plight of Western Ecosystems
Part
VII - Looking for Solutions: Restoring the West and Wildlife|
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