Overgrazing is one of the most critical environmental problems facing the western United States. Rangelands have been mismanaged for over a hundred years, mainly due to cattle grazing. In addition to consuming vegetation, cattle alter the ecosystem...

Overgrazing occurs when plants are exposed to livestock grazing for extended periods of time, or without sufficient recovery periods. It reduces the usefulness of the land and is one cause of desertification and erosion. Overgrazing is also seen as one...

Byline: Associated Press ESCALANTE, Utah -- The Great Old Broads for Wilderness may meet a good old boy from Garfield County this week in a showdown of sorts over land use inside the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. The organization's middle-age to...

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Colorado's top wildlife officer would rather not see the burgeoning elk herd in Rocky Mountain National Park thinned by park employees hunting at night with rifles and silencers.Instead, licensed hunters should be allowed to reduce the herd which is overgrazing and damaging the park habitat,...

China is forcing nomadic Tibetan herders to settle in towns to clear land for development, leaving many unable to earn a living, a human rights group said in a report issued Sunday.Herders have been forced to slaughter herds of yaks, sheep and goats and Communist...