Cattle are ecological misfits in the
Erik Molvar and Jennifer Molidor
Durango Herald
Editor’s note: Stories of this ilk are included in the blog to inform those in our industry how agriculture is being presented to and perceived by the public.
Unlike cows, native wildlife in the West don’t need arid lands flooded with water to be productive. Before the agricultural colonization of the West (and its displacement of Indigenous people and wildlife that made it possible), sage grouse flocked together by the thousands, and streams teemed with trout and salmon. America’s natural wealth of fish and wildlife hasn’t been sustained by the plague of cattle, sheep and irrigated hayfields, it’s been decimated by them.
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