Myths About Public Lands Ranching and Livestock

• We must choose between cows or condos in the West...



• Better grazing practices are the solution...



• Cattle replace lost bison on the range--we need to graze public lands...
  
  
• Rangeland conditions are improving...
  
  
• Public lands grazing supports itself through grazing fees...
  
  
• Public lands grazing is critical to western state economies and beef production...
  
  
• Profitable livestock production and ecological preservation can coexist…
  
  
• Livestock production benefits wildlife...
  
  
• Public lands "grass-fed" beef is ecologically and ethically preferable to feedlot beef production...
  
  
• Livestock grazing reduces fire hazard in the West...