Most Santa Fe residents recently got a mailing from a group called “The Forest Advocate” which discusses forest management around Santa Fe. While I appreciate the spirit of the publication, …
Category: livestock grazing
Ranching is Driving the West’s Water Crisis
At some point, Americans need to come to grips with the fact that the cattle ranching industry is using far too much water in the American West. Ranching damages almost …
Chaco Canyon and the Trampling of Hooves
At the turn of the century (1900), a man named Richard Weatherill ran a horse ranch right next to Pueblo Bonito inside what is now Chaco Canyon National Historic Park. …
