Western Public Lands Grazing: The Real Costs

Explore, enjoy and protect the planet

Forest Guardians

Jonathan Proctor

Jonathan Proctor

Jonathan Proctor

Jonathan Proctor

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Jonathan Proctor

Jonathan Proctor

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Jonathan Proctor

Bill Haskins

Bill Haskins

Bill Haskins

Bill Haskins

Bill Haskins

Bill Haskins

Jonathan Proctor

National Park Service

18National Park Service

All photos: National Park Service

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

21Bureau of Land Management

Mike Hudak

U.S. Forest Service

Jonathan Proctor

25All photos: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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27George Wuerthner

28Jonathan Proctor

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Explore, enjoy and protect the planet

All photos: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

30Jonathan Proctor

31George Wuerthner

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Impacts:

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Impacts:• Water pollution

34George Wuerthner

35Mike Hudak

36George Wuerthner

37George Wuerthner

38U.S. Forest Service

39Forest Guardians

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Impacts:• Water pollution• Fish declines

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Who???

All photos: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

42Natural Resource Conservation Service

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Impacts:• Water pollution• Fish declines• Habitat degradation

45National Park Service

46U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

47Jonathan Proctor

48Jonathan Proctor

49Mike Hudak

50U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Impacts:• Water pollution• Fish declines• Habitat degradation• Fences

52Billy Stern

53George Wuerthner

54Jonathan Proctor

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Impacts:• Water pollution• Fish declines• Habitat degradation• Fences• Exotic disease

56U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

57U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Impacts:• Water pollution• Fish declines• Habitat degradation• Fences• Exotic disease• Exotic weeds

59George Wuerthner

60Jonathan Proctor

61Jonathan Proctor

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Impacts:• Water pollution• Fish declines• Habitat degradation• Fences• Exotic disease• Exotic weeds• Wildlife eradication

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64Chris Servheen, USFWS

65U.S. National Archives

66U.S. National Archives

67Jonathan Proctor

68Jonathan Proctor

69Buffalo Field Campaign

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71Who???

72Who???

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74David Stern

Jonathan Proctor

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Impacts:

• Water pollution• Fish declines• Habitat degradation• Fences• Exotic disease• Exotic weeds• Wildlife eradication• Impacts to recreation

76Mike Hudak

77Mike Hudak

78Billy Stern

79Jonathan Proctor

80Mike Hudak

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Impacts:• Water pollution• Fish declines• Habitat degradation• Fences• Exotic disease• Exotic weeds• Wildlife eradication• Impacts to recreation• Impacts to taxpayers

82Jonathan Proctor

83Jonathan Proctor

84Mike Hudak

85Jonathan Proctor

86U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

87Mike Hudak

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89Jonathan Proctor

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Solutions

91George Wuerthner

92Bill Haskins

93Bill Haskins

94Bill Haskins

95Bill Haskins

96Mike Hudak

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Before

After

Forest Guardians

Forest Guardians

98Jonathan Proctor

99U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

100National Park Service

101Forest Guardians

102Forest Guardians

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What you can do

104Senate Photography Studio

105Jonathan Proctor

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www.sierraclub.org/grazing

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Thank You!

Jonathan Proctor