American Prairie loses grazing rights

[Q_Sertorius]

Corner Crossing isn't yet legal in the 9th Circuit.

Anyone who tries to prosecute for corner crossing is going to lose very quickly: in any circuit. Yes, it might be a pita for a “little guy”, but anyone willing to undergo the process will win.

 

[Q_Sertorius]

As someone living on the other side of the country, it doesn’t directly matter to me whether wild animals or cows roam on a big chunk of prairie.

As a hunter, who hopes to raise future hunters, I love the idea of more and better public hunting opportunities in the future.

As part owner of a beef cattle farm in Virginia, I can only scratch my head at the subsidies given to large western ranches in the form of public land. I can’t ever run a sizable bison herd on my farm, but I can run a very efficient cow-calf operation. Given the choice, I’d rather see more productive use of eastern farmlands for cattle and a large chunk of the prairie restored - via the market - to wildlife.

As a taxpayer, I’d rather the public land on the prairie be used for a broadly-available public resource - like hunting tourism - rather than a very inefficient cattle/grazing operation.

All that to say that APR seems like a pretty good idea.

 

[KurtR]

All i know is i would rather hunt a pasture with cows vs bison. Bison are some mean sons of bitches we were stuck in goose pits as there was an old bull who ran around south of gettysburg by bobs resort and would ram vehicles busses or what ever else he saw. Finally had to pepper it in the ass to get on the bus to get out of there.

 

[pods8 (Rugged Stitching)]

I would rather hunt elk and eat steaks produced on BLM land with my tax dollars.

If the ruling said "no bison or cattle grazing" then maybe you have a basis for this statement. In this situation, correct me if I am wrong, it does nothing towards your goals of hunting elk produced on BLM land because a cattle rancher will just lease it instead and it seems like this ruling will be a net zero for your purposes.