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Welfare Ranching: The Subsidized Destruction of the American West
Resource Link
http://www.publiclandsranching.org/book.htm
Author
Wuerthner, George
Matteson, Mollie Yoneko
Publisher
Island Press
Body

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.
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Language
English
Resource Type
Text
Document Type
Book
Book ISBN
1559639431
Collection
Rangelands West
Keywords
ranching
grazing management
land management
environmental degradation
grazing on public land
Western United States

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