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Cattle vs. Wild Horses (2002-2018). All data BLM.

By Vickery Eckhoff, October 9, 2018 // 4 Comments

BLM data shows cattle historically outnumber wild horses on federal lands. That data is now public, and could reshape the entire wild horse debate.

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Bad Ranchers, Bad Cows

By Vickery Eckhoff, February 27, 2015 // 78 Comments

Few Americans visit the nation’s public grass and forest lands; fewer still know what livestock damage looks like on them.

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Sustainable Cowboys or Welfare Ranchers of the American West?

By Vickery Eckhoff, February 12, 2015 // 100 Comments

Five hundred million dollars[1]. That’s what 21,000[2] ranchers who graze their livestock on America’s iconic western rangelands are estimated to have cost US taxpayers... [View more]

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The Media Adores Ranchers. Here’s Why They Shouldn’t.

By Vickery Eckhoff, February 7, 2015 // 41 Comments

The US livestock industry has enormous economic and political clout. But news reports consistently highlight a small segment of it — ranchers grazing livestock on... [View more]