Returning land to wildlife in the U.S.A

The programme has just succeeded in ending cattle grazing in a section of prime wildlife habitat, south of Yellowstone National Park. A rancher has agreed to retire his grazing privileges on 34,500 acres of public land in Shoshone National Forest where grizzly bears and wolves frequently preyed on his livestock. According to Hank Fischer of NWF, these land retirements are “a common sense solution" to ongoing conflicts. “We protect core wildlife areas, and ranchers run their livestock in more profitable locations." For more information, go to www.nwf-wcr.org/

August 2008