Welfare Ranching: The Subsidized Destruction of the American West

Welfare Ranching: The Subsidized Destruction of the American West

Guess who PAYS FOR THEM???? YOU DO!! EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU!!  Then they raise their prices…. I enjoyed seeing that Ranchers claims are nothing more than Myths!! They are Not Stewards of the ecosystem thats for certain!!

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 Improving
      • Myth: Livestock Benefit Wildlife
      • Myth: Public Lands Grazing Supports the Family Rancher
      • Myth: Cattle Have Replaced the Bison
      • Myth: Rangelands Must Be Grazed to Stay Healthy
      • Myth: Ranching Is the Foundation of Rural Economies
      • Myth: It’s Either Ranching or Subdivisions
      • Myth: Good Livestock Production and Ecosystem Preservation Can Coexist
  • Part II – Cultural and Historical Roots: The Grasp of the Cowboy on Contemporary Consciousness
    • Land Held Hostage: A History of Livestock and Politics, Dr. Thomas L. Fleischner
    • An Evil in the Season: The Cattleman’s Welfare System Begins, T. H. Watkins
    • Pillaged Preserves: Livestock in National Parks and Wilderness Areas, Andy Kerr and Mark Salvo
  • Part III – Looking Across the Arid West: What’s Wrong with This Picture?
    • Understanding Range Management, George Wuerthner
  • 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 Wuerthner
    • The Soil’s Living Surface: Biological Crusts, George Wuerthner
    • Comrades in Harm: Livestock and Exotic Weeds in the Intermountain West, Dr. Joy Belsky & Jonathan L. Gelbard
    • Birds and Bovines: Effects of Livestock Grazing on Birds in the West, Dr. Carl E. Bock
    • Ranching in Bear Country: Conflict and Conservation, Dr. Brian L. Horejsi
    • A West Without Wolves: The Livestock Industry Hamstrings Wolf Recovery, Michael J. Robinson
    • Prairie 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 Willers
  • Part V – Ranching Economics and Livestock Subsidies: The True Cost of a Hamburger
    • Taking Stock of Public Lands Grazing: An Economic Analysis, Dr. Thomas M. Power
  • Part VI – False Hopes and Counterarguments: Ways to Stay Blind to the Critical Plight of Western Ecosystems
    • The Donut Diet: The Too-Good-to-Be-True Claims of Holistic Management, George Wuerthner
    • Cows or Condos: A False Choice Between Public Lands Ranching and Sprawl, George Wuerthner
    • Using a Hammer to Swat Mosquitoes: Livestock as Management “Tools,” George Wuerthner
  • Part VII – Looking for Solutions: Restoring the West and Wildlife
    
    

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