Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture. Plus a few items on western history, western literature and the sport of rodeo... Frank DuBois served as the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003. DuBois is a former legislative assistant to a U.S. Senator, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior, and is the founder of the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Oregon ranchers seek right to shoot wolves
As wolves spread through Oregon from Idaho, ranchers are trying to get the right to shoot wolves they see attacking livestock, and for the state to pay for cattle and sheep that are killed. The batch of wolf bills being heard by a House committee in Salem on Wednesday includes one that would make it easier to take wolves off the state endangered species list. Oregon Cattlemen's Association President Bill Hoyt, a Cottage Grove rancher, said Monday they don't want to wipe out wolves, but need the tools to defend their livestock. "It appears that the political and cultural will of the state of Oregon is to have wolves, and we have no problem with that," he said. "We don't want to kill every wolf that walks. We simply want to get along as well as we can. But if there is a conflict, we need to be able to defend ourselves."...more
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