Knabe, thanks for posting this. The idiot Mike Mease from Western Watersheds is typical of those taking away the land, not by actual prohibition of use, but by regulation and legal maneuvers gauged not to defend their ideas, but to delay and obstruct until the cost just becomes too great. Western Watersheds started in our neck of the woods in Sun Valley, Idaho. Very well financed and able to purchase grazing rights in the land auctions. Also, that financing has allowed them to lobby the government to increase regulations and restrictions and support legal efforts against ranchers. Frankly, I don't see any way out. Now, Western Watersheds and their ilk, will result in taking away a productive resource which utilized forages that are inedible for humans and converting them to nutrient rich human food. Far from a rancher welfare program, public grazing has helped to keep the cost of animal protein lower for the benefit of millions of people in this country and around the world. On a global scale, excessive regulation here gives a competitive advantage to cattle producers in other parts of the world.
