WildEarth Guardians

Saturday, January 21, 2006
Wilderness Or Feedlot?

Compromise: Congress grandfathered in grazing allotments and their associated ''improvements,'' making domestic livestock a more permanent part of wilderness
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Southwestern wilderness areas in our national forests are grazed to the bone, the result of the cumulative impacts of a century or more of livestock grazing. Grazing in wilderness areas has impaired biodiversity, degraded water quality, and harmed recreational values. Wilderness Or Feedlot? (PDF)