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Wilderness Or Feedlot?

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January 21, 2006
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Saturday, January 21, 2006
Wilderness Or Feedlot?

Compromise: Congress grandfathered in grazing allotments and their associated ”improvements,” making domestic livestock a more permanent part of wilderness
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Southwestern wilderness areas in our national forests are grazed to the bone, the result of the cumulative impacts of a century or more of livestock grazing. Grazing in wilderness areas has impaired biodiversity, degraded water quality, and harmed recreational values. Wilderness Or Feedlot? (PDF)