The Western Range Revisited, Volume 5: Removing Livestock from Public Lands to Conserve Native Biodiversity

by Debra L. Donahue

Book Overview

Livestock grazing is the most widespread commercial use of federal public lands. The image of a herd grazing on Bureau of Land Management or U.S. Forest Service lands is so traditional that many view this use as central to the history and culture of the West. Yet the grazing program costs far more to administer than it generates in revenues, and grazing affects all other uses of public lands, causing potentially irreversible damage to native wildlife...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806132981
• ISBN13: 9780806132983
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.2"