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Wing-tipped Welfare Cowboys Ride the Range

Corporate Cattle Barons: A review of grazing permits shows that major energy companies, real estate developers, and wealthy families control millions of acres of publicly owned land
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January 21, 2006
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Saturday, January 21, 2006
Wing-tipped Welfare Cowboys Ride the Range

Corporate Cattle Barons: A review of grazing permits shows that major energy companies, real estate developers, and wealthy families control millions of acres of publicly owned land
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Politicians and ranching industry groups, claiming that changes in federal grazing policy will hurt small “mom and pop” ranchers, are playing loose with the facts. The majority of public land grazing is controlled by a few wealthy individuals and corporations. See how Wing-tipped Welfare Cowboys Ride the Range.. (PDF)

 

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