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.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
MT Legislature addresses livestock loss due to wolves
The Montana Legislature is one step closer to helping ranchers pay for their losses to due to wolf populations. House Bill 622 would provide $200,000 per year to help pay ranchers for livestock losses. In 2009, the state paid out $145,000 to ranchers across Montana. However, the head of the Livestock Mitigation Board says this is just a drop in the bucket compared to the kind of losses Montana ranchers face due to the gray wolf. Republicans and Democrats both supported the measure in a 42 to 8 vote...more
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