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DigestRiding Herd

by Lee Pitts

Avery dangerous word isslowly creeping into thevocabulary of mainstreamAmerica. It’s a pleasant

sounding word and you mighteven feel flattered if someoneused it in describing your ranch.And I’m sure we’ll be criticizedfor suggesting that there is anulterior motive behind those whowould use it to take away yourfreedoms. The word is “sustainable”.Who can argue with such a

nice sounding word? Sustainable.How nice. It has become the lat-est buzzword of liberals, envirosand bureaucrats. It’s hip, identi-fies you as being well-educatedand who doesn’t want to be sus-tainable? You might say that sus-tainability is the next “para-digm”, another popular overusedword the politically correct usein every other sentence. Sustain-ability is supposedly all aboutsaving people, animals and theenvironment from ourselves. Butthe day is fast approaching when“sustainable” will be the dirtiestword in the English language. Ina word, it is the next globalwarming, endangered speciesand biodiversity, all rolled intoone.

The Devil Is In The DetailsThe folks who make a living

creating disasters began promot-ing sustainability in the 1990s

world fit for children so theymight be able to grow uphealthy, educated and culturallysensitive. Who could argue withthat?As always, the devil is in the

details. Much like another recentliberal disaster, no one botheredto actually read what was inAgenda 21 either. Nancy Pelosimight have easily said aboutAgenda 21 what she said aboutObamaCare, that we had to passit before we could find out what’s

in it. Now we know, and it isn’tpretty. Turns out that Agenda 21is a playbook on how the liberalprogressives can take away yourConstitutionally granted rights,freedoms and property. It waswritten by one-worlders whowant to elevate third world coun-tries to our level by bringing usdown to theirs, all under theumbrella of sustainability.

Talking In CodeAccording to the U.N., “Since

1990, the international commu-nity has convened 12 major con-ferences which have committedgovernments to address urgentlysome of the most pressing prob-lems facing the world today. Tak-en together, these high profilemeetings have achieved a globalconsensus on the priorities for anew development agenda for the1990s and beyond.”The most pressing problem as

the U.N. sees it, is that the worldsimply can’t continue the way

when the United Nations calledfor a “more sustainable world” ina document called Agenda 21. Itis a 40-chapter book of rulessocialists first envisioned at theU.N.’s Earth Summit in Rio. Justlike the word “sustainable”, atfirst everyone thought Agenda 21was harmless; it was just a docu-ment that addressed how we ashumans might improve ourplight. Sustainability was justabout ensuring “intergenera-tional justice” and “a future

Heard The Word?If you’re ridin’ ahead of the

herd, take a look back everynow & then to make sure it’s still there.

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A Bone To Pick

The only kind of shop-ping I do is groceryshopping because foodis my business, and my

life. In doing the weeklyshopping one thing hasbecome painfully obvious tome: in the product extensionarea beef is a flat-out failure.Just look at the almondfolks; they’ve taken a previ-ously little-known nut andput it in ice cream, cakes,cans of beans, salads, cere-als, candy, cookies, chips,protein bars and a shoppingcart full of other foods. Andit’s a nut! As a result, thealmond farmers I know aredriving late model pickupsand taking vacations to exot-ic locales like Paris andRome. (That’s Paris, Texas,and Rome, Illinois.) Theraisin growers have done thesame thing and yet I bet Ihaven’t met six people in myentire life who’ve admittedto liking raisins. Surely there are many

products that could use a lit-tle beefing up. Come withme now as I take you on atour of a modern supermar-ket and suggest productsthat would NOT be leftgathering dust on the shelf,past their expiration date, ifthey only had a little beef inthem. Or, in the case ofpickles and oatmeal, a LOTof beef. We are in the salad dress-

ing aisle now and I noticethat ranch dressing appearsto be the favorite kind, andyet there is nothing “ranchy”about it. No cow parts orbody fluids at all! It’s like try-ing to find the grapes inGrape Nuts! How can youhave ranch dressing withoutany beef? After reading thelabels I’d say mostly whatranch dressing is made of arechemicals that sound likesomething you’d spray onweeds. Now we are in the ice

cream section and I see thatBen and Jerry’s has a flavorcalled Phish Food. Yuck! Icecream gets mixed with a lotof stuff these days but Ithink Haagen-Das reallymissed the boat by not sell-ing Bacon Bits Ice Cream, acombination of two of thegreatest things on earth. Butthe pork people’s lack ofvision provides a real oppor-tunity for cattleman. Instead

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BY ALICIA ALLEN

FOR ENGLISH 101, TOMBSTONE HIGH SCHOOL,

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Envision yourself on a large, beautiful ranchat the base of a mountain, one that yourfamily has passed down for generations.You are riding your horse, mending the

fences, and checking on the cattle. As you rideby, you notice two of your weanling calves deadin the wash. While you are trying to think aboutwhat could have gotten to them, a huge graywolf comes out from behind the brush andstares you down. You spin your horse aroundand take off to the barn. This sounds like a badhorror movie, right? Unfortunately, this scenehas become a reality due to the re-introductionof the endangered Mexican Gray Wolf in theSouthwest. The wolf has become a grave threatto the people of the Southwest and their liveli-hoods.The protection and re-introduction of the

Mexican Gray Wolf is nothing new to the area.The re-introduction program started in the90s.The reason for the re-introduction is torepopulate areas in the Southwest where thewolves previously lived, before European immi-grants began settling in the area. In 1976, the

A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: Re-introduction of the Mexican Gray Wolf

Mexican Gray Wolf was marked an endangeredspecies, making it a federal issue. The ArizonaGame and Fish Department, along with othergovernment agencies, have been trying to re-introduce the Mexican Gray Wolf in the areas ofcentral Arizona and western New Mexico since1990. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife). Recently, thewolves have been repopulating in captive breed-ing programs to help bring up the numbers beforereleasing them into the wild. According to a 2011issue of the Endangered Species Bulletin, “InDecember 2010, the wild population numberedapproximately 50 wolves—half the number need-ed for our objective to establish a single popula-tion of at least 100 wolves pursuant to the 1982Mexican Wolf Recovery Plan” (Barrett). While100 may seem like a small number, it is quite animprovement from the handful of wolves prior towhen the re-introduction program started. On theother hand, with a higher wolf population meansmore animals being killed to supplement thedietary needs of the wolves. The reason the wolves were eliminated in the

Southwest was because of their increased attackson the cattle and sheep in the area. Ranchers andgovernment agencies alike started shooting, trap-

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we’ve been operating becauseour world is not sustainable. Butdon’t worry, they have ways to fixit so that it is and their sugges-tions and regulations havealready been adopted at local,state and nationals levels acrossthe country.According to Dr. Michael

Coffman, writing in the winter2013 edition of Range Magazine,“Agenda 21/Sustainable Devel-opment is the action plan imple-mented worldwide to inventoryand control all land, all water, allminerals, all plants, all animals,all construction, all means of pro-duction, all energy, all education,all information, and all humanbeings in the world. If Agenda 21comes to fruition,” Dr. Coffmansays, “private land will be a luxu-ry of the past and citizens will betold how they will live and whereas dictated by U.N. guidelines. Ithas nothing to do with environ-mentalism and everything to dowith control of a nation’sresources.”According to the U.N. docu-

ment, Toward a SustainableAmerica, “the objective of sus-tainable development is to inte-grate economic, social and envi-ronmental policies in order toachieve reduced consumption,social equity, and the preserva-tion and restoration of biodiversi-ty.” Every federal agency inAmerica has been prodded toimmediately begin implementingAgenda 21 and, sadly, they arenow busy doing so.Agenda 21 states that every

decision made in society shouldbe based on global education,global land use, and global popu-lation control and they havedevised numerous covert strate-gies to promote their agenda.The U.N. has created sweeping“sustainable development goals”and the U.N.’s Secretary Gener-al Ban Ki-moon has called thesegoals “a universal sustainabledevelopment agenda for theplanet.” The U.N. says theiragenda will make the next 15years “some of the most transfor-mative in human history.” In oth-er words, sustainable develop-ment is the liberal progressivescode for controlling every aspectof your lives.

We Can’t Go On Like ThisThe liberal soldiers in the sus-

tainability army say that we can-not continue doing things theway we are doing them withoutsoiling our nest and destroyingthe planet. People look at themess our country is currently in,shake their heads in affirmation,and quickly get in line in the sus-tainability bandwagon, neverstopping to consider that themess our nation is currently inwas created by the very samebureaucrats and greenies whoare pushing all this sustainabilityclaptrap.If you want to have some fun,

next time your are in the pres-ence of a bureaucrat, ask themfor their definition of “sustain-able.” I guarantee they won’t giveyou a definition found in Web-

sters, Wikipedia, or if you arereally old, Funk and Wagnalls.Actually what the politicians,greenies, and officials of non-governmental agencies want tosustain is their job, power andpay grade.To the progressives, sustain-

ability means social justice andone world government. The envi-ros and bureaucrats want to cre-ate a pristine world in which theyare the ruling class. But sustain-ability is all tickle talk and bullpucky, an excuse for them tosteal your property and your free-dom while hiding behind a greenmask.“Sustainability” is older than

people think. In the 1970s biolo-gist Paul Ehrlich predicted inThe Population Bomb that wewould run up against the word’snatural limits by now and we’d allbe starving. Obviously, thatdidn’t happen. That’s because welive in a constantly changingworld. I’m sure there were manyDoctors who thought they had asustainable practice before Oba-maCare made them rethink theircareer choice. How many centu-ry old businesses did the Internetmake unsustainable overnight?How sustainable would theNCBA be without checkoff dol-lars? And what about ranchers inthe west who thought they had asustainable ranch, until the fedsstarted turning wolves loose. Sus-tainability, it turns out, is a mov-ing target.The well-meaning folks who

have sold conservation ease-ments thinking their ranch wouldstay just as it is forever won’t bearound to complain 100 yearsfrom now (or sooner) when thefeds acquire all these greatranches, probably with theNature Conservancy acting asthe realtor. What’s that you say,you have it in writing? Well, sodid the native Americans but thefederal government broke over250 treaties with them. Whoknows, there might even be acasino on your land in 60 years.One of the problems is the big

disconnect between those whogrow and raise our food andthose who eat it. We have rich,connected urbanites in their infi-nite wisdom telling farmers andranchers that what we are doingis all wrong and that what we aredoing is not sustainable. So wehave urban idiots buying upranches and farms to raiseendangered free-ranging pigs.Last month the Wall Street Jour-nal ran a feel-good story calledThe New Gentleman Farmer, inwhich they told the story of oneof the cofounders of Cisco,Sandy Lerner. The 58-year-oldtech pioneer has an 800-acreAyrshire Farm in Virginia whereshe’s going to show us how to besustainable. “Her cattle are allheritage varieties that representthe best of what American andEuropean farmers raised in theera before Big Agriculture andfactory farming took over,” saidthe story. Now get this: SandyLerner has 100 employees to run

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her 800 acre farm! Hey, it’s a loteasier being sustainable with bil-lions in the bank.Sucker!The worst part of this whole

sustainable create-a-crises is thatwe are being suckered into it,buying the rope with whichthey’ll hang us. In 2011 theNCBA launched The Sustain-ability Research Program withyour money. A year ago theygave a checkoff-funded life cycleassessment at their convention.“Before the completion of thisproject, beef was not well posi-tioned to answer questions aboutits sustainability with science-based answers,” said TomMcDonald of JBS-Five Riverswho is a member of the advisorycommittee. The NCBA evenhired a Director of Sustainability,Kim Stackhouse-Lawson, whohas the requisite hyphenatedname and California college edu-cation for just such a position. The NCBA defines sustain-

ability as “balancing environmen-tal responsibility, social diligenceand economic opportunity,” adefinition that sounds more likethe meaning of socialism than itdoes sustainability. Stackhouse-Lawson said, “When we talkabout sustainability, I think themost common definition is utiliz-ing fewer resources to producemore.” Which doesn’t sound likethe definition of sustainabilityeither. It sounds more like thedefinition of efficiency, which isexactly the point. The NCBAand its big feeder and packermembers want to hide behindthe image of ranchers while theypush the agenda of big multina-tionals like JBS, Cargill and Mer-ck. But I don’t think that betaagonists, 100,000 head feedlotsand huge packing plants are whatthe enviros immediately think ofas “sustainable.”In announcing their research

results the NCBA announcedthat beef’s overall sustainabilityimproved 5% from 2005 to 2011;greenhouse gas emissionsdeclined 2% in those six years;water use was reduced by 3% andresource consumption and ener-gy use declined by 2%. Stack-house-Lawson says that NCBA’s“life-cycle assessments to traceinputs and outputs for the differ-ent industry segments went intogreat detail, even including “theamount of toilet paper used at aprocessing plant.”I hate to rain on Ms. Stack-

house-Lawson’s parade butmaybe the reason we were usingless resources as an industry isbecause there are a lot fewer ofus still left in the business thanthere were six years ago. Afterall, fewer people using the rest-room don’t use as much toiletpaper. And when people are eat-ing half of your product thanthey once were you may notneed as much land, water orresources to produce it. For theirnext life-cycle assessment theNCBA might be able to save alot of checkoff dollars by justsubtracting the inputs of thosewho are no longer ranching. As for sustainability, I would

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repeat what a cattle feeder friendof mine said recently: “Feedlotsare a whole lot more sustainablewhen corn is $4 than when it was$8.” Perhaps the checkoff canfund a study to calculate exactlyhow much more.All this sustainability business

is especially ridiculous when youconsider the people who are try-ing to hide behind all this linguis-tic nonsense. For example, theNCBA joined the Global Round-table on Sustainable Beef, “amulti-stakeholder organizationwhose goal is to advance sustain-able beef production through thecommitment of the stakeholdersin the beef value chain.” How’sthat for a bunch of politically-correct mumbo jumbo? TheGlobal Roundtable includescompanies like McDonald’s,Walmart, Cargill, JBS and The

Nature Conservancy. Again, Idoubt very much if they are thefirst people a greenie thinks ofwhenever “sustainability” is men-tioned.Walmart says it’s going to

invest billions to train farmersand ranchers how to be moresustainable. This from the hugemultinational company that hasdone more to make rural com-munities unsustainable than any-one. Ask a store owner in a smalltown how sustainable their busi-ness was after Walmart came totown. Another project being pushed

by the NCBA with your moneyis the establishment of a BeefSustainability Center “to concen-trate on balanced solutions,strategic partnerships and collab-orative efforts to lead industryprinciples on sustainability

issues.” Stackhouse-Lawson saysthat one strong sustainabilitymessage is that much of today’sbeef is produced by fifth andsixth-generation ranchers.”Which brings up a good point.Walmart and McDonalds reallydon’t need to teach sustainabilityto ranchers who have survivedthis long. While everyone ismaking up their own definitionof sustainability might I suggestthat ranchers deal with it on adaily basis because it is nothingmore than the concept of carry-ing capacity. You can’t sustainyour operation by running morecattle than it will support. That’ssustainability. Period. If youblindly follow the global Agenda21 by crowding people into big-ger and bigger cities they aregoing to start dying like flies in abell jar. So why don’t the bureau-

crats and greenies start worryingmore about Detroit, and leavethose in the country alone?The mantra of today’s urban-politicallycorrect-enviro-liberal-progressive is sustainable.Organic. Fair Trade. Blah, blah,blah. Teachers are told to discusssustainability with their studentsby bureaucrats who got ourcountry 17 trillion in debt andfrozen in a bureaucratic night-mare. Is that sustainable? Howabout Social Security? Oba-maCare? The Post Office? Arethey sustainable? We’re now liv-ing in a country where unem-ployment is sustainable, butemployment isn’t. And yet thefeds want to tell you how to bemore sustainable? I’ll tell youhow. Whenever your hear theword, be very afraid, my friends.Very afraid.

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While a great deal of study has takenplace on bovine respiratory dis-ease (BRD) in feedlots, BRD alsosometimes affects young calves,

and less is known about the disease com-plex at that production stage. During therecent American Association of BovinePractitioners conference, veterinarians pro-vided some insight into pre-weaning inci-dences of BRD or “summer pneumonia” asit sometimes is called.Russ Daly, DVM, MS, DACVPM, from

South Dakota State University (SDSU),said pre-weaning BRD outbreaks are notpredictable, and when outbreaks occur,within-herd incidence can often be high.And, he says, outbreaks occur even in herdswhere calves are well-vaccinated at brand-ing or turnout. Fortunately, he says, mostaffected calves respond well to treatmentand death loss can be kept to low levels with

diligent monitoring and timely treatment.Daly says the typical reaction to out-

breaks among producers and their veteri-narians is to fall into firefighting mode, justtrying to gain control of the disease. Whiletimely treatment is important, he also advis-es taking a systematic approach toward mit-igating the disease — at the kitchen tablerather than at the chute. He encouragesveterinarians to sit down with their clientsto compile information on the outbreak togain understanding of how it occurred,resolve it and prevent future problems.He suggests gathering information on

the animals affected including their age atthe time of infection, where they were locat-ed on the ranch and, when possible, otherinformation such as identification of sickcalves’ dams, age of the dams and dystociascores. Also discuss time events such asherd-management dates, group move-ments, introduction of other animals to theherd and weather events around the time ofthe onset of clinical signs. The veterinarian

potentially can use this information todetermine how the disease established andspread within the herdBRD, of course, can involve several dif-

ferent pathogens including bacteria andviruses, and Daly encourages veterinariansto employ diagnostic testing in post-mortem examinations for any calves thatdie from BRD.Daly said that veterinarians investigating

these cases will also frequently performante-mortem testing. SDSU testing inherds with outbreaks of BRD in calves hasfound a variety of bacterial pathogensincluding Mannheimia haemolytica, Pas-teurella multocida,Histophilus somni andMycoplasma bovis. Tests also detectedviruses associated with BRD includingbovine respiratory syncytial virus, infectiousbovine rhinotracheitis and coronavirus,which are frequently isolated from thesecases. There is much to learn about proper-ly interpreting results from ante-mortemsamples, Daly says.

Risk factors for BRD in calves

ping, and clubbing the wolvesuntil they were nearly extinct, inthe late 1990s (U.S. Fish andWildlife Service). Now, nearlyhalf a decade later, the same gov-ernment agencies are re-introduc-ing the wolves in the same areawhere they were previously athreat to ranchers. The effect thewolves have on ranchers is sub-stantial; it is detrimental to theirlivestock and income. From listening to ranchers in

southeastern Arizona and in otherareas, they are outraged with thewolves being re-introduced totheir land. To them, their live-stock is more important than awolf. Honestly, how could anyoneblame them? The livestock aretheir source of income, the onlysource for some. In 2013, therewere 23 confirmed livestockdeaths caused by wolves (Carey).With those 23 deaths goes thou-sands of dollars. LauraSchneberger, the president of theGila Livestock Growers Associa-tion states that, “It takes fouryears to compensate for the deathof one cow” (Robinson). The factthat one incident causes yearsworth of damage is significantbecause it does not just affect therancher for that particular time, itfollows him and his business foryears.Mexican Gray Wolves have

been known to attack anything insite, including humans. This is aproblem because not only hasthere been an expansion of resi-dential housing in mountainousareas, but the wolves are alsoknown to break away from theirpack and venture into suchplaces. In one location in NewMexico, the residents are soafraid of the wolves, they builtwood and wire shelters for thechildren to stand in while waitingfor the bus (McDonnell). Thoughthere have not been any attackson humans in the NewMexico/Arizona area, there havebeen a tremendous amount ofwolf interactions on private prop-erty. According to Jess Carey, the

Catron County Investigator inNew Mexico, there have been214 wolf incidents on privateproperty, 178 wolf-human inter-actions, and 317 wolf complaintsin the past seven years (Carey).This is especially frightening forfamilies with smallchildren, becausethey are more like-ly to look like preyand would not beable to fend offthe exceptionallylarge predators.One of the ways the U.S. Fish

and Wildlife Service is trying topopulate the Mexican Gray Wolfis by captive breeding. While thismethod may seem harmless toranchers and residents, it hasshown to be the very opposite.The reason for this is the fact thatwolves are fed by humans them-selves. As a result of the humansfeeding the wolves, they obtain“compromised hunting instincts”(Robinson). Those compromisedinstincts become a problembecause the wolves no longerknow how to find food for them-selves and depend upon humansto provide for them. It is whenthe wild instincts are lost that thewolves start attacking anythingthey can find for food. Which inreturn accounts for many prob-lems in the future.The strict laws protecting the

endangered wolf species causecitizens to fear for not only theirlives, but also the lives of theirfour-legged family members.There have been more than a fewinstances of families and petsbeing endangered by the wolves.In an article in the The New Amer-ican, it tells of an almost deadlycamping trip in Arizona: In Aprilof 1998, the Humphrey familywas put in danger by a pack ofwolves on a camping trip in Saf-ford, Arizona. Their family dogsomehow got mixed in with sever-al wolves fighting. Richard Humphrey attempted

to chase the wolves away, andended up shooting one. They

then took their dog, criticallywounded, to the local veterinarianand filed a complaint with theFish and Wildlife Service. Howev-er, the only thing done about theincident was charging Mr.Humphrey for killing the wolf and

gave him a steep fine and sen-tenced him to a year in jail. Noth-ing at all was done about the vet-erinary charges from the wolfattack (Grigg). Even though the charges were

later dropped and the attack didnot prove fatal to their family pet,the wolf quarrel had the potentialto take not only the dog’s life, butthe rest of the families as well.There have been other similaraccounts where wolves are drawninto private property due to fami-ly pets, as well. In some cases,parents do not even allow theirchildren outside because of thethreat of wolves. The laws pro-tecting the wolves make it nearimpossible for humans to defendthemselves against these fiercepredators. The laws only permit aperson to shoot a wolf if their lifeis in immediate danger (McDon-nell). This leaves a persondefenseless to help their pet orlivestock animal if it is beingattacked.Since there have been many

complaints and killings done tolivestock by the wolves, the U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service hasmade a fund to help compensatethe ranchers’ loss, a sort of pacify-ing for the people. The organiza-tion only pays what the calf, cow,or bull would be worth at the timeof death. However, one wouldnever know the true value of theanimal if it had time to finishgrowing, or been sent to auction.An article in the Christian ScienceMonitor mentions a man beingreimbursed for the killing of his

cattle dog. The article accountsthat the agency “paid him $150for a dog [the owner] said wouldcost up to $5,000 to replace”(Khoury). Whether or not themonetary value of the dog isindeed $5,000 can be of question;

however, theemotional value issomething thatcannot harness aprice tag. Eventhough the com-pensation, regard-

less of actual price, is a step in theright direction, one would arguethat the entirety of the clashwould be eliminated if the wolveswere not brought back to a placethey were killed off nearly half acentury ago.In some aspects, the re-intro-

duction of the Mexican GrayWolf could be a positive attributeto the area. For one, the wolf isan endangered species, and itsloss would be devastating to theeco-system. Generations to comewould only be able to read aboutthis unique sub-specie, and neverget to actually see its glistening,gray coat. There is a great dealnew generations of scientists canlearn about the Mexican Gray;especially in the Southwest,where no other wolves live.Wolves are an apex predator,which is a benefit because theycould help maintain the predator-prey facet of the ecosystem. Still,there is already a substantial coy-ote threat in the NewMexico/Arizona area; it would bedisadvantageous to add anotherlarge predator to the mix.People who reside in large,

urbanized cities do not see aproblem with the re-introductionprogram and are not affected atall by the wolves inhabiting theSouthwest. They see the re-intro-duction of the Mexican GrayWolf to be “one of the mostresponsible, thoughtful and, inthe best sense of the word,romantic notions this federal gov-ernment has entertained in recentmemory” (Carothers). While yes,the wolf may be majestic, in someform of the word, but the effect ithas on ranchers and townspeopleis near appalling. Then to furtherthat claim and say that “the costto ranchers, in terms of livestockkilled, is virtually zero” is enraging(Carothers). Sure, it is never agood thing to have a species belisted as endangered, but onemust consider the larger picture.Local ranchers supply enoughbeef to feed not only the area, butpeople across the nation. If theU.S. Fish and Wildlife Servicecontinues to re-introduce theselarge, “majestic”, predators, theconsequences will be anythingbut romantic.Naturally, there are two sides

to every story: both sides hostingvery strong viewpoints on the sit-uation at hand. On the one side,there is the risk of having aspecies become completelyextinct, and on the other is theissue of having ranchers being putout of business as well as havingthe safety of adults and childrenthreatened. It would be safe toassume that neither side would

like to see the other being hurt.The ranchers and rural residentsdo not want the wolves to goextinct, just like the supporters ofthe re-introduction program donot want the ranchers’ cattlebeing killed or the townspeoplefeeling unsafe. In spite of this,something has to give. After fif-teen years working on the re-introduction, a plan should havebeen formed on how they cancoincide with one another. Seeinghow one has not been formed,and the tension is still just as highas it was when the program start-ed, the outcome is not lookinggood, and it seems like the ranch-ers are going to be stuck with theworst of it.When more wolves get

released from the captive breed-ing program, the rate of cow/calfkillings are likely going to skyrock-et, not to mention when the pro-gram goal is reached and thereare 100 wolves in the wild. Whatis going to happen when areasbecome so populated the wolveshave to branch out and look forfood and shelter elsewhere? Thenrural town residents are going tobe in great danger. There arealready a number of times wherewolves were reported on privateproperty. If there were more pro-tective measures taken by theprogram, it might not be as bad.However, knowing there are fewrestrictions for the wolves toroam, but many laws against todefending your family and petsagainst from the wolves, has gotto be a little unsettling. As with any program, there are

going to be decisions, actions,and consequences for thoseactions. One could only hope thatthe consequences will not forcethe extinction of local ranchers’calves and residents of ruraltowns’ safety due to the re-intro-duction of the Mexican GrayWolf.

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Khoury, Kathy. “Clash of Values Over Saving GrayWolf.” Christian Science Monitor. Vol. 91 Issue 3 p. 1op. 2 1998. Article. 5 Nov. 2013

McDonnell, Tom. "Wolf Reintroduction ThreatensRanchers' Livelihoods." Endangered Species. Ed.Helen Cothran. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2001.Opposing Viewpoints. Rpt. from "testimony beforethe U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and NaturalResources, Subcommittee on Parks, Historic Preser-vation, and Recreation." 1995. Opposing View-points in Context. Web. 17 Nov. 2013.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife. “Mexican Gray Wolf RecoveryHistory.” Southwest Region. U.S. Fish and Wildlife. 9Feb. 2013. Web. 2 Nov. 2013

Robinson, Michael, and Laura Schneberger."Should the Mexican Gray Wolf Roam Freely in theSouthwest?" Backpacker 05 2006: 45. ProQuest.Web. 13 Nov. 2013.

Mexican Gray Wolves have been known toattack anything in site, including humans.


A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing continued from page one


BRETT WESSLER, STAFF WRITER,

CATTLENETWORK.COM

Limited cattle supplies willkeep cattle prices highnext year, and a beefeconomist says high

domestic beef demand andimproving global opportunitiesare just a few reasons to expectnear record-high profitability.Scott Brown, University of

Missouri beef economist, saidthe forecast for the cattle mar-ket over the next two yearscompares to the “golden era” ofbeef profits in 2004. Brownpresented his outlook to pro-ducers at the annual MissouriForage and Grassland Confer-

ence at Port Arrowhead at LakeOzark recently.In addition to high cattle

prices and low feed costs,demand in the U.S. and globalmarkets is improving.“International trade has

been important. It’s really abright spot when you lookahead for 2014,” Brown said.“So not only do we expectdomestic demand for beef to bebetter as we look ahead to2014, but the ability to moveproduct into places like Japan,South Korea and China doesnothing but continue to help uson the price side.”His forecast was supportive

for the industry, especially cow-

calf producers.His charts showed a sharp

rise in live-cattle futures pricessince 2010, from $80 per hun-dred to $135. Cattle suppliesfalling to a 61-year low hasmoved cow-calf returns fromminus $25 per cow in 2009 toplus $25 in 2012. Brown toldthe group those returns couldskyrocket to $300 per cow nextyear based on estimates fromthe Livestock Market Informa-tion Center.Beef prices continue to

improve and are expected tomove an additional two or threepercent higher next year, butthe trend could change if con-sumers turn to pork and poultry

as less expensive meat options.A rebounding economy andmore disposable income willhelp keep beef on dinner tablesacross the country.The outlook for 2014 and

beyond is much more positivethan the last four or five years,but profits could be affected ifwe face another unexpecteddrought.“All bets are off if there is a

drought in 2014.”Brown added the expected

profits in the cattle industrycould benefit rural economies.As the money comes back toproducers they’ll spend thosedollars within their communi-ties.

Beef economist expects near-record profitability in 2014Avalancheof New Laws in2014

An estimated 40,000 newstate laws, regulations andresolutions were approvedby state legislatures in

2013, and many of which takeeffect January 1, says USAToday.Among them:n Arkansas voters must now

show a photo ID at pollingplaces, while Virginia voters forthe first time will be able to reg-ister online.

n Colorado, 16 year olds willbe able to pre-register to vote,but must still wait until they’re18 to vote.

n California students must beallowed to play school sports anduse school bathrooms “consis-tent with their gender identity,”regardless of their birth identity.

n In Oregon, new motherswill now be able to take theirplacentas home from the hospi-tal — some experts say ingestingit has positive health benefits.Another new state law banssmoking in motor vehicles whenchildren are present.Minimum-wage increases

take effect in four northeasternstates: Connecticut’s rises to$8.70 an hour; New Jersey’s to$8.25; and New York’s andRhode Island’s to $8. In nineother states, the minimum wagerises automatically because it’sindexed to inflation.Perhaps most significantly,

Colorado adults age 21 or olderwill be able to buy up to anounce of marijuana for recre-ational use from a state-licensedretail store.A sample of other state laws

taking effect Jan. 1:Colorado: Drivers will see a

new annual $50 fee for plug-inelectric cars. Colorado is one ofseveral states looking to capturerevenue from alternative fuel,electric and hybrid vehicles.Delaware: Sale, possession or

distribution of shark fins prohib-ited.Florida: Expanded early vot-

ing.Maine: Becomes the 48th

state to require a check-off fororgan donation on driver'slicenses to promote organ dona-tion.Oregon: Privately run web-

sites that feature police mugshots must take down photos forfree if subjects can show theywere not guilty or that chargeswere dropped.Rhode Island: Becomes the

eighth state to enact a so-called“ban the box” law that prohibitsprospective employers frominquiring into an applicant’scriminal history on written jobapplications.

Source: “New Laws in 2014: From Tanning BedBans to ‘Lemon Pets,’” USA Today, December 29,2013.


BY SHARON NIEDERMAN

Jauer Dependable Genetics, afourth-generation outfit bor-dering the Great Plains out-side Hinton, Iowa has stuck

with its breeding philosophysince purebred Angus cattle werebrought into the century-oldfarmstead in 1969. During thepast 40 plus years, Jauer hasmaintained a well-defined goal ofproducing efficient, real worldcattle that thrive in grass envi-ronments matching what Moth-er Nature provides. They believethe production of an Angus bullthat sires an ever more efficientAngus mamma cow capable ofdoing well in a natural forageenvironment will fix most typicalcow herd problems. The scope ofJauer’s program continues to bethe production of that more effi-cient Angus mamma cow. The largest expense for most

producers is their breedingfemales. A herd of deep, thick,high capacity, moderatelyframed cows will consume fewerresources allowing for the raisingof more calves on the same num-ber of acres than a herd of largerframed, big boned, inefficientcows – thus producing moretotal output for the same or evenfewer inputs. Jauer DependableGenetics strives to producefemales and bulls that can flour-ish on grass by excluding animals

that need supplemental feed orgrain to survive. High produc-tion animals that need additionalfeed and care may look good onpaper (with high E.P.D. num-bers), but these outliers will notfit into their program. They haveextensively line-bred their herdto enhance the traits that benefitefficiency, structural soundness,and longevity. The result is anextremely consistent cowherdthat goes out and works in thereal world. Selection for maternal effi-

ciency, moderate frame size,longevity, and structural sound-ness have been neglected overtime, and now breeders arebeginning to take a closer look atthese traits, Jauer thinks. “We’reseeing Angus breeders beginningto move away from a single traitselection process. We have fore-seen this as an inevitable turn in theAngus breed. We feel chasing highE.P.D. numbers can lead to decreas-es in many important traits includingoverall cow efficiency.”Says Roger Jauer, owner: “We

put less emphasis on selectionfor extreme E.P.D. numbers andmore selection pressure on traitsthat affect the total value andlongevity of our cow herd.” Hementions, in particular, traitssuch as udder quality, soundfeet, good dispositions, andfleshing ability. “These traits are

becoming cornerstones of topbreeding programs across thecountry,” Jauer says.Jauer’s resistance to a breed-

ing program guided only byE.P.D.’s lies in the belief thatselecting for any one trait createsan animal on the extreme end ofthe spectrum and is ultimatelyharmful to the cowherd. This canbe especially true when selectingfor the E.P.D.’s of carcass traits.The animals that have been bredfor extremely high carcass num-bers tend to be harder fleshing,less inefficient, terminal type cat-tle. The females bred this waytend to have trouble maintainingtheir body condition and breedback is marginal if they are leftout on pasture without supple-mental feed. They require extrafeed and grain to survive, andbuying feed can quickly diminishthe bottom line of profitability.On the other hand, Jauer

says, cattle bred with their phi-losophy utilize forage more eco-nomically, require less supple-mental feed, breed back moreconsistently, live longer – moreproductive lives, produce lowerbirth weight calves, and still fin-ish with good carcass character-istics.Many Angus breeders pay

attention to E.P.D.’s. And whilesome breeders might disagree,there is no arguing with success.

Jauer’s philosophy has resultedin their well-attended annualbred female and bull sale heldeach year in January. “Our typi-cal customer base includes seed-stock breeders, club-calf breed-ers, breeders that cross our cattlewith outside breeds to make F-1females and bulls, as well ascommercial producers and grass-beef finishers. The adaptabilityour cattle offer to each of thesedifferent sectors of the beefindustry is what sets our programapart from our competition,”says Jauer.Increasing profitability in the

beef industry has always been achallenge, Jauer says, but some-times making money has more todo with saving money on feedand associated costs. “If we candecrease our costs while main-taining a reasonable level of pro-duction, it will go a long waytoward boosting our bottomline,” he says.Located about ten miles

north of Sioux City, Iowa on thewestern border of Iowa acrossthe Missouri River from Nebras-ka and South Dakota, Jauermaintains a modest herd ofapproximately 300 head of pure-bred Angus and hybrid Angus Xcows. The family tends their herdon the rolling hills of the LoessHills region of western Iowa, aunique topography of windblown

hills that supports mostly bromegrass with some native warm sea-son grasses of blue-stem andorchard grass. An area with“pretty dependable” rainfall, atneither extreme of wet or dry, itreceives its moisture mostly inearly spring from March throughJune, and again in Septemberand October.Currently, Jauer’s biggest

challenge is finding adequateland for pasture. Says Roger,“We live on the edge of row cropcountry, and with rising prices -more and more pasture is beinggiven over to corn and beans. Werent most of our pasture, andrent keeps going up. Every yearit gets harder and harder to findgrassland to rent.” This hasforced them to find innovativeways to stretch their grassresources. “We plant winter ryein the fall and calve our cows andheifers on this land in the spring.This keeps the cattle off the pas-tures early in the spring andallows the grass to get a goodstart to the growing season.”Practices like grazing winterannuals, rotational grazing, andgrazing double crop hay groundallow Jauer to maintain a grow-ing number of cattle while stillbeing good stewards of the land.“If we treat your animals andland right, they always seem togive it back to us in the end.”

Jauer Dependable Genetics: Angus Breeding for the “Real World”

Submit applications by March1, 2014, to be considered for theprogram

American Angus Associa-tion® members interestedin becoming more effec-tive leaders in the agricul-

ture industry are encouraged toapply for the seventh annualBeef Leaders Institute (BLI).Held June 23 through 26, 2014,the program brings Angus pro-ducers together in Saint Joseph,Missouri, for a series of informa-tive sessions, followed by a three-day tour across several industrysegments.“BLI allows our members to

experience first-hand the entirebeef production chain, and bet-ter understand how their quality

Angus cattle contribute to theindustry as a whole,” says RobinRuff, Association director ofevents, activities and education.Funded through the Angus

Foundation, BLI is designed forAssociation members 25-45years old to provide insight intothe beef industry, while enhanc-ing their knowledge of the Asso-ciation and strengthening leader-ship skills.

“This opportunity reallyhelped me recalibrate my focuson the beef industry, and look atit from a more holistic manner,”said Rhonda Wulf, a 2013 BLIparticipant from Morris, Minn.“I would encourage others toapply, just for that chance to seethe industry on a broader level,to get out of their comfort zone,

broaden their mind, and to goback to work with a new energy.”During the three-day event,

BLI participants are able to toura beef harvesting and packingfacility, retailer, fabricator, feed-lots and other industry segments,including the Association. TheAssociation provides transporta-tion, lodging, meals and materi-als during BLI. Attendees will beresponsible for round-trip trans-portation between their homeand either Kansas City or SaintJoseph, Mo.To applycontact the Ameri-

can Angus Association at816/383-5100. Information canalso be found onwww.ANGUS.org. Applicationsfor the 2014 program are dueMarch 1, 2014.

Apply for the 2014 Beef Leaders Institute

Online benefit auction hap-pening now to support a Col-orado Angus breeder

Angus breeder Keith Rus-sell, Johnstown, Colo.,says he looks to improvehis herd every day. But

after the devastating floodingin Colorado, each day is achallenge. Since the massiverainfall that hit the area in2013, Russell’s homestead hasbeen left with mud and debris,

and little to none winter feedor equipment.In support of Russell, and to

honor his commitment to theAngus breed, an online auctionis now live, and offers top-qual-ity Angus semen and embryos.Supporters can find the auc-

tion at www.disasterrelief.dvauc-tion.com. The sale ends at noonon Jan. 25. For more informa-tion about sale offerings callDV Auction at 402/316-5460.Cash donations are wel-

come and can be mailed to theKeith Russell Benefit Fund atP.O. Box 331, Columbus,Mont., 59019. To find out more about the

benefit, contact Phil Trow-bridge, Ghent, N.Y., at518/369-6584 or [email protected]; John Patter-son, Columbus, Mont., at406/445-2332 or [email protected]; or George Marcy, FortCollins, Colo., at 970-294-1134 [email protected].

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The American Angus Associ-ation® and its entitiesstrive to provide studentswith opportunities to bene-

fit themselves and the future ofthe cattle business. With paidinternships and scholarship pro-grams, the Association providesa chance for students to gainreal-world knowledge and experi-ence in the cattle industry, aswell as financial support to fur-ther the education of undergrad-uate and graduate students pas-sionate about beef and Anguscattle.Deadlines and details for each

internship and scholarship arelisted below.

Angus InternshipsThe American Angus Asso-

ciation Activities and EventsDepartment is offering aninternship focused on eventplanning to a college sophomore,junior or senior who has an inter-est in agriculture. The internshipwill provide a highly organized,detail-oriented college studentthe opportunity to gain experi-ence planning and implementingeducational and social events forthe Association membership.The qualified candidate shouldbe available to start the positionon or before June 1, 2014. Sometravel is likely. To apply, send a cover letter,

resume and references to RobinRuff, director of activities, eventsand education, American AngusAssociation, 3201 FrederickAve., Saint Joseph, MO 64506,or [email protected]. Appli-cations due Feb. 5, 2014.

The American Angus Asso-ciation Junior ActivitiesDepartment provides a collegesophomore, junior or senior anoutstanding opportunity to assistwith preparations, communica-tions and correspondence forjunior shows and events. Appli-cants must be enrolled in anagriculture-related major, andconsider themselves a self-starter, detail-oriented and anoutgoing individual who has theability to work well with others.Travel to the 2014 National Jun-ior Angus Show (NJAS), LeadersEngaged in Angus Development(LEAD) Conference, and othershows and events is expected.The internship spans fromapproximately late-May to mid-August, with specific startingand ending dates depending onthe applicant’s availability.A cover letter, resume and

references are due Feb. 5, 2014,to Jaclyn Upperman, director ofjunior activities, American AngusAssociation, 3201 FrederickAve., Saint Joseph, MO 64506.For more information, contactUpperman at 816-383-5100 [email protected] American Angus Asso-

ciation Communications andPublic Relations Departmentis accepting applications fromcollege juniors or seniors study-ing journalism, agricultural com-munications or related fields.Applicants should have strongwriting and design skills, in addi-tion to having completed course-work in news and feature writing,editing and design. Experiencein photography, video and socialmedia is an asset in this fast-paced internship. The internship

spans from approximately late-May to mid-August, with specif-ic starting and ending datesdepending on the applicant’savailability.Applications are due Feb. 5,

2014. To apply, send a cover let-ter, resume, references and writ-ing samples to Jena McRell,assistant director of public rela-tions, American Angus Associa-tion, 3201 Frederick Ave., SaintJoseph, MO 64506. For moreinformation, contact McRell at 816-383-5100 or [email protected] Angus Journal offers a

college junior or senior the oppor-tunity to be part of its editorialteam for the summer. The writ-ing-intensive internship offers theselected intern an opportunity toparticipate in producing variouspublications, including the AngusJournal, the Angus Journal Digital,the Angus Beef Bulletin, the AngusBeef Bulletin EXTRA, the AngusJournal Daily, editorial websites,and social media efforts. Theinternship will be flexible enoughto tailor to the strengths andneeds of the intern, but manyduties can be expected. Experi-ence in news and feature writing,editing and photography arestrongly suggested. The intern-ship spans from late-May to mid-August; specific starting and end-ing dates will be negotiated withthe selected candidate.Applications are due Feb. 5,

2014. To apply, send a cover let-ter, resume and writing samplesto Shauna Hermel, editor, AngusJournal, 3201 Frederick Ave.,Saint Joseph, MO 64506. Formore information, contact Her-mel at 816-383-5270 or [email protected].

Angus Offers Internship & Scholarship Opportunities

New leadership team selectedduring the Auxiliary’s 2013Annual Meeting.

Deeply committed to servingthe Angus breed and itsfuture generations, theAmerican Angus Auxiliary

has played a central role in theAmerican Angus Association®for more than 60 years. The vol-unteer organization recently cele-brated that tradition duringAngus events held in conjunctionwith the 2013 North AmericanInternational Livestock Exposi-tion (NAILE) in Louisville.The American Angus Auxiliary

elected the 2013-2014 officersand regional directors during itsAnnual Meeting. Members of thenewly-elected officer team are:President Cortney Holshouser,Castalia, N.C.; President-electLynne Hinrichsen, Westmore-land, Kan.; Secretary-TreasurerCarla Malson, Parma, Idaho; andAdvisor Cortney Hill-Dukehart-Cates, Modoc, Ind.The newly elected president,

Cortney Holshouser, hails from

Castalia, N.C. She has served asan officer of the North CarolinaAngus Auxiliary for six years, andshe and her husband, Karl, havebeen advisors to the North Car-olina Junior Angus Association.Together, they manage CastaliaCattle Company where they offercustom flush and embryo transferwork.“It is an honor to be part of

the organization that has helpedshape my life, and is continuingto influence the future of thebreed,” Holshouser says. “I lookforward to serving in this capaci-ty, and seeing the Auxiliary growin the year to come.”The upcoming president-elect,

Lynne Hinrichsen, has served aspresident of the Kansas AngusAuxiliary, regional director forthe American Angus Auxiliary,and is a member of the KansasAngus Association. Along withher husband, Ron, and children,Cale and Eva, the Hinrichsenfamily raises Angus cattle onR&L Ranch in Westmoreland,Kan.Members are also proud to

welcome Secretary-Treasurer,Carla Malson. With her husband,Mark and family manage theMalson Angus and Herefordsfarm. Malson has served as advi-sor for the Idaho and WesternStates Junior Angus Associations,and president of the WesternStates Angus Auxiliary.The retiring president, Cort-

ney Hill-Dukehart-Cates, and herhusband, Tyler, manage CatesFarms in Modoc, Ind. As Auxil-iary advisor, she is responsible forupdating the Auxiliary guidelinesfor officers and committees andwill serve as chairman of the Dis-tinguished Woman and Nomina-tion committees.The Auxiliary’s 2013 Regional

Directors are: Region 1, KathyDubs, Montana; Region 2,CindyAhearn, Texas; Region 3, ShallyRogen, South Dakota; Region 4,Melanie Kiani,Mississippi;Region 5, Rachel Frost, Illinois;and Region 6, Marlene Duke-hart, Maryland. Regional Direc-tors are a source for informationfor interested members through-out the country.

American Angus AuxiliaryElects Officers

Angus ScholarshipsThe Angus Foundation

offers general scholarships tostudents pursuing undergraduateand graduate degrees in highereducation. Eligible Angus youthmeeting the qualifications forthe Angus Foundation’s 2014Undergraduate and GraduateScholarship Programs will beconsidered by the Angus Foun-dation’s Scholarship SelectionCommittee. As in past years,other specific and special criteriascholarships administered by theAngus Foundation will also beavailable. Scholarship recipientswill be recognized at the 2014NJAS in Indianapolis, Ind.Applications will be available

online beginning Dec. 1, 2013. Formore information, contact MilfordJenkins, Angus Foundation presi-dent, at 816-383-5100 or [email protected] Angus Beef’s

(CAB) Colvin ScholarshipFund will award six or more schol-arships in 2014 totaling at least$20,000. The funds will be splitamong five undergraduate scholar-ships — in the amounts of $5,000,$4,000, $3,000, $2,000 and $1,000— and a $5,000 graduate-levelscholarship.

College juniors and seniorswho have shown commitment tothe beef industry, either throughcoursework or activities, areencouraged to apply by the Dec.6, 2013, deadline. Applicationsare evaluated on involvement,scholastic achievement, commu-nication skills and reference let-ters. The graduate-level scholar-ship will be awarded to afull-time master’s or doctoratestudent conducting researchrelated to high-quality beef pro-duction. Applications for thataward are due Jan. 10, 2014.For more details, interested

students should go online or con-tact Trudi Hoyle, CAB, at 800-225-2333 or [email protected]. DEADLINES SUMMARY:Dec. 6, 2013 – CAB Colvin

Undergraduate ScholarshipJan. 10, 2014 – CAB Colvin

Graduate ScholarshipFeb. 5, 2014 – American

Angus Association Activities andEvents, Junior Activities, Com-munication and Public Rela-tions, and Angus ProductionsInc. InternshipsMay 1, 2014 – Angus Foun-

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The president of the IdahoFarm Bureau speaks out on thefederal Bureau of Land Manage-ment's view of private propertyrights.

BY FRANK PRIESTLEY, PRES., IDAHO FARM BUREAU, FOR THE CAPITAL PRESS

In its selection process of aroute for a massive powertransmission line across south-ern Idaho, the Bureau of Land

Management listed eight criteriaused in the decision makingprocess.“Route on public land where

practical” came in seventh.

The purpose of the GatewayWest Transmission Project, pro-posed by Rocky Mountain Powerand Idaho Power, is to route ener-gy generated in Wyoming to pop-ulation centers on the WestCoast. Any benefits to Idaho resi-dents are negligible. In fact, it’snot even on Idaho Power’s list ofneeded improvements over thenext 10 years. However, it willplace major constraints on someof the most productive farmlandin the state where it crosses Powerand Cassia counties. In those twocounties, 75 percent of the routewill be on private property.On one hand, it’s astonishing

that the right to own private prop-

erty, one of the most basic free-doms outlined by our nation’sforefathers, slips to seventh placeon a list like this. On the otherhand, when analyzing the six crite-ria deemed more important thanprivate property rights, it’s shock-ing how insignificant individualliberty has become in the view ofour federal government.There are literally hundreds of

quotes made by our forefathersabout private property rights andtheir connection to our basic free-doms. James Madison said,“Where an excess of power pre-vails, property of no sort is dulyrespected.” President CalvinCoolidge said, “Ultimately prop-


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BY RON ARNOLD,

WASHINGTON EXAMINER

President Obama’s adminis-tration has added to its waron coal and its wind-farmeagle-chopping policy and is

trying to yank seafood out ofAmerica’s diet.For more than a decade, the

National Marine Fisheries Servicehas devoured fishing fleets whileBig Green’s money octopus prodsthe feds by waving grant-eatingenviros in its tentacles, causingthem to hook the public’s atten-tion with mindless frenzy against“overfishing.”Submerge for a moment in the

seething political storm that fish-ermen live in — examine the over-whelming network diagramabove. You’re looking at 552grants totaling $561,907,154 —over half a billion dollars from sixBig Green foundations: Pew,Packard, Walton, Moore, Surdnaand the Rockefeller BrothersFund, each a funding octopuswith anti-fishing payday tentaclesthat twine and choke and, for the

most part, destroy.Zoom in on one tentacle: Four

Pew foundations gave Earthjus-tice — formerly the Sierra ClubLegal Defense Fund — 20 grantstotaling $25,156,500 in the pastdecade to sue and stop anythingproductive.And SeaWeb ($2.6 million

2012 income) — one of the firstgreenies to declare war on fisher-men — used to be Pew SeaWeb,founded in 1996, incubating tobecome its own public opinion-making octopus in 1999.Biologist Jane Lubchenco,

head of the National Oceanic andAtmospheric Administration —who resigned in February — wasarguably the brainiest and mostviciously crass NOAA administra-tor ever. Members of Congresscalled for her resignation fordestroying fishing fleets in strug-gling coastal communities usingBig Green’s brutal “catch shares”rationing program, and for tolerat-ing fisherman fines enforced bycorrupt federal cops. BeforeNOAA, the Packard Foundationgave Lubchenco’s Aldo Leopold

Leadership Program $2.1 millionto enable scientists to lead politi-cians and the public with scientif-ic-technical control of public poli-cy.Nils Stolpe, veteran executive,

consultant, and advocate for thecommercial fishing community,sorted those numbers from Inter-nal Revenue Service Form 990reports and posted the result onhis FishNet USA website. TheWashington Examiner usedStolpe's findings to construct thediagram.I asked Stolpe what seafood

producers can do to defend them-selves from that swirling galaxy ofenemies. “Good marine fisheriesmanagement and governmentthat plays by the rules,” he said,adding, “if we can get it.”Stolpe hopes to get fair play.

He spoke of the House NaturalResources Committee ChairmanDoc Hastings, R-Wash., and pan-el members' concern over attackson the seafood industry. Stolpesaid, “They’ve had four hearingsthis year, getting ready to reautho-rize the primary ocean fisheries

management law.”That law, the Magnuson-

Stevens Fishery Conservation andManagement Act, has had provi-sions for a thriving, respectedseafood industry since it was firstpassed in 1976 — but Big Greenpressure has blotted out every-thing that would help production.University of Washington fish-

eries Professor Ray Hilbornfocused on that problem in a Sep-tember committee hearing, point-ing out that the Magnuson-Stevens Act provides not only forrebuilding fish stocks, ensuringconservation and protectingessential habitat, but also, “theAct makes it clear that oneobjective is to provide for ‘thedevelopment of fisheries whichare underutilized or not utilized. . . to assure that our citizensbenefit from the employment,food supply and revenue whichcould be generated thereby.’”Whoa! The federal govern-

ment has been enforcing onlyhalf of the law? Hilborn thinksso. He told the panel, “The twospecifically targeted actions are

to rebuild over-exploited stocksand develop fisheries on under-utilized species.”OK, that’s clear enough. But

what really happened? “While wehave reduced overfishing,” saidHilborn, “one consequence hasbeen far more underutilized fishstocks, and we seem to have lostsight of the actual goals ofemployment, food supply, recre-ational opportunity and rev-enue.”Those key items, employ-

ment, food supply, and revenueare the very things Big Greenhas targeted for incrementaldestruction year after year.They’ve crushed, vilified, anddestroyed seafood producersnationwide, fed by moneyearned in gigantic foundationinvestment portfolios of corpo-rate common stocks, real estateand other assets.Big Green is a dangerous,

overwhelming power. That pow-er lock must be broken.

RON ARNOLD, a Washington Examiner colum-nist, is executive vice president of the Center forthe Defense of Free Enterprise.

Big Green’s well-financed death grip on fisheries policy must be broken

erty rights and personal rights arethe same thing.” NorthernNevada rancher, the late WayneHage, summed it up as well asanyone when he said, “If youdon’t have the right to own andcontrol property then you areproperty.”So without further ado, here’s

what it’s come down to, folks. Fol-lowing are the six criteria estab-lished by the BLM as moreimportant than your right to ownproperty:

nAvoid BLM-identified prelimi-nary priority sage-grouse habitat andWyoming core habitat areas.

n Avoid designated areas suchas national monuments, wilder-ness study areas, national land-scape conservation system areasand state and local parks.

n Avoid visual resource man-agement Class II areas.

n Follow existing corridors orlinear structures.

n Avoid sensitive species habi-tat, including bald eagle nests andbig game winter range.

n Avoid cultural and naturalresource areas.Sage grouse habitat is more

important than private property.We heard a rumor several yearsago that by the time all was saidand done, sage grouse wouldmake the spotted owl controversyseem small in the realm of eco-nomic devastation. This could bea preliminary indication of thatprediction coming true. While noone can see into the future, it cer-tainly makes you wonder if thefarmers and ranchers who settledsouthern Idaho by developing thewater and hacking a living out ofthe sage brush would have doneso knowing that one day the pres-ence of bird habitat wouldbecome more important thanfarms and ranches.Wilderness study areas are

more important than private prop-erty. This is possibly the biggestkick in the guts on the list. It takes

an act of Congress to establish awilderness area, and judging byrecent memory, we all know Con-gress doesn’t act on much of any-thing. In light of that fact, our fed-eral land management agencieshave the power to establish awilderness study area — a de factowilderness area — on their own.We would be surprised if theBLM could find one acre south ofthe Snake River in Idaho thatmeets the true definition of awilderness area — “untrammeledby man.” Yet, here we have anoth-er instance of federal agenciesrunning our state.Follow existing corridors or

linear structures. Isn’t Interstate86 an existing corridor for infra-structure?Big game winter range and

bald eagle nests are more impor-tant than private property. One ofthe true benefits of living in Idahois an abundance of wildlife. Manyfarms and ranches support wildlifeduring different times of the yearand some incur significant dam-age. But we don’t understand howthe presence of wild animals ismore important than the presenceof Idaho’s hardworking farm andranch families. In addition, webelieve those hardworking familieshave established a firm record ofliving harmoniously with ourabundant wildlife. How a federalagency establishes this as criteriato justify the taking of private landis astonishing.Private property is an integral

part of the engine that powersIdaho’s economy. Private propertyhelps pay a lot of mortgages inthis state — sage grouse don’t.The biggest threat to sage grouseis fire. This tells us that BLMneeds to do a better job of manag-ing public land and never beallowed to dictate how and wherethe rights of private property own-ers will be violated.

Frank Priestley is president of the Idaho FarmBureau.


BY BARRY DENTON

Since I’ve always been a“morning” person I haveenjoyed many spectacularsunrises from under the

belly of a horse. The horse racingworld thrives in the early morn-

ing as horses are fed, saddled,worked and bathed. Everyonetakes pride in being up early andgetting their horses through theirroutines. Morning works are exciting as

they let you know just how well

your horse is working. You willsee only the serious horsemenout at the training track everymorning. Occasionally, you maysee a handicapper walkingaround as well with a pad in hishand scribbling feverishly regard-ing his inside scoop. Hustle bus-tle is the theme of a morning atthe race track.The evening prior I had

received a phone call from atrainer that I had just spent threedays working for and heinformed me he had one morecolt to shoe that he had forgot-ten about. It wasn’t a problemfor me to swing back by the trackand shoe him the next morningbecause the race track is abuzzway before the rest of the world. I arrived at the usual shop

area to shoe the horse, but soonthe groom came and asked if Icould shoe this new colt in thealleyway of the barn. The groomthought the colt might stand bet-ter in familiar surroundings. Ialmost never shod horses in thebarn alleyway because it was avery busy area and I would havebeen in the way. I drove my rigover to the barn and parked atthe far end. This particular barn was

extremely long with about sixtywood plank stalls on a side and alarge saddling paddock with atack room in the middle. Theexercise riders were saddlingtheir colts and riding them outthe other end of the barn to getto the track. The good thing wasthat I would only be there longenough to shoe just one colt. The groom showed up with

the new colt and proceeded totell me all about him. It wasindeed a pretty colt, but I washoping he had worked with his

feet for shoeing. This 2 yr. oldthoroughbred stood about six-teen and a half hands tall. Hewas big boned with a “jug” headand pin ears. Despite the jug head he did

have a large eye which convincedyou that you could talk him intobehaving eventually. The coltwas impressive, but not verypretty. Like many two year oldshe was quite nervous and a littlejittery. However, once the groomput the lip chain on him settleddown quite nicely. At the other end of the barn

one of the exercise ridersbrought in a horse covered withsweat and heaving. The trainerlooked the horse over and decid-ed to give him a shot of anti-hist-amine to help settle the horsedown. The trainer along with thegroom and the horse went intothe nearest stall to give the horsethe injection. When administer-ing the drug in the vein, the veincollapsed and the horse wentnuts in the stall and wiped outthe men in no time. Next thehorse burst out the stall doorrunning full out with his headhigh in the air. It was obviousthat the horse was out of hishead and running blind. This particular barn had an

alleyway made of pavement so Icould hear this horse thunderingtoward me. I had been nailing ashoe on a front foot until I heardthe horse running toward me. Idashed out from under the coltand told the groom to get underthe truck. The groom let go ofthe colt we were shoeing whichran out our end of the barn. Thecolt wasn’t going to stay and seewhat happened either. At the last minute I dove

under the truck with the groom.

Of course once I got under thereI remembered my anvil andstand sitting out there and fig-ured the crazed horse wouldimpale himself on the anvil hornthat was pointed right at him. Ithought the next thing he woulddo is run into the back of mytruck. Somehow the speedinghorse saw the anvil stand in hiscrazed stupor. When the horsearrived at the anvil stand hemade a sharp right hand turninto the stall wall crashingthrough the boards. There he laid in a heap and

wasn’t conscious. They tried torevive the horse to no avail. Thegrooms did pick up the brokenboards that surrounded him.Finally they left him alone so hecould rest and I understand thathe slept until the next morning.Then the horse got up and actednormal. They gave the horse acouple of weeks off and thenwent back to training on him.The trainer was astounded thatthe crazed horse trained betterthan ever and became one oftheir most successful runners.Apparently it turned this horse’slife in the right direction.Now the horse I was shoeing

turned out very differently. The2 year old never wanted to be inthe training barn again. Theywent so far as keeping him in anoutside paddock and saddlinghim outside. He remained a pillto shoe and never got over it.The colt never wanted to betrained after that either. Finally they sent that horse

to a training sale and I neversaw or heard of him again. Theincident ruined his racingcareer. I have always beenamazed at what can happen in asplit second.

Crazy Horse

BY CAREN COWAN

In a move hailed by somenational trade organizations,the U.S. Senate Energy & Nat-ural Resources Committee

passed a measure entitled theGrazing Improvement Act spon-sored by Senator John Barasso (R-WY) in late November 2013. Inreality what was passed was “a sub-stitute in the nature of substitute”that looked nothing like the origi-nal measure.Not only does the bill not con-

tain many improvements for feder-al lands ranch families, says JoseVarela Lopez, New Mexico CattleGrowers’ Association President,LaCieneguilla, New Mexico, “themeasure was intended to providestability for ranchers grazing onBureau of Land Management(BLM) and U.S. Forest Service(USFS) as part of the multiple usemandate for these lands,” VarelaLopez explained. “Instead, theamended bill reduces stability andprovides a path for eliminatinglands from multiple use.”For example, he said, Senator

Barasso’s original bill would haveprovided term permits for grazingof 20 years rather than the current10 on healthy allotments. The sub-stitute will allow for up to 20-year

permits, but it removes the stabilityof even a 10-year permit.According to Denver, Colorado

based environment and land lawattorney Connie Brooks, “Thegrazing permit renewal bill pro-vides for 20-year renewal and cate-gorical exclusion under NEPA if:monitoring of the allotment has

indicated that the current grazingmanagement has met, or has satisfac-torily progressed towards meetingobjectives contained in the land useand resource management plan of theallotment, as determined by the Secre-tary concerned.“In more recent land use plans,

the Forest Service adopts manage-ment objectives that are based onthe “natural range of variation.”The objectives are not tested bydata and assume management tomimic pre-western civilization. It ispossible if not probable that mostgrazing permits will not achievesuch objectives. “In North and South Dakota,

the Forest Service had adoptedobjectives for the National Grass-lands that required vegetation den-sity measured by “visual obstruc-tion rating” or “VOR.” Despiteexpert opinions that the prescribedratings cannot be achieved onmost North and South Dakota

range sites due to soils, climate andlack of precipitation, the ForestService insisted that the land wasbiologically capable of producingtall and dense vegetation. Rigorousstudies have proven that the west-ern North Dakota range sites arenot biologically capable of meetingthe management objectives. Tothis day, the Forest Service propos-es significant reductions in grazingfor the very reason that they do notmeet the LRMP managementobjectives. “Similarly the same plans called

for 20 percent of the land area tobe native plant species, eventhough the Department of Agricul-ture conservation programs plant-ed most of the land with non-native crested wheat grass that stilldominates the areas. Crestedwheatgrass is very difficult if notimpossible to convert to nativegrasses. So once again, the grazingpermit will not conform to man-agement objectives.“In the above circumstances,

permittees will not “meet land andresource management plan objec-tives” and will thus be deniedrenewal.”The legislation should be

revised to remove in its entirety,Brooks concludes.It is the “categorical exclusion”

language that is the poison pill forKaren Budd-Falen, Cheyenne,Wyoming federal lands attorneywho was instrumental in drafting

the original Grazing ImprovementAct.“The amended bill codifies

National Environmental PolicyAct (NEPA) analysis on federalgrazing allotments,” sheexplained. “This bill would con-gressionally mandate actions thatare currently decrisionary.”In an unprecedented move, the

amended Grazing ImprovementAct takes dead aim at ranchers inNew Mexico and Oregon, VarelaLopez points out.“The bill contain a provision for

“voluntary relinquishment” of upto 25 allotments in New Mexicoand Oregon,” he said. “Thoseallotments would be mandated topermanently exclude grazing.”Not only does this undermine

the small business of ranching inthose states, but it unmanagedallotments will certainly providemore fuel for the catastrophic wildfires the West has suffered inrecent times, Varela Lopez noted.The substitute bill offered as an

amendment was offered by Sena-tors Ron Wyden (D-OR) andMartin Heinrich (D-NM) is nowready for action on the U.S. Sen-ate Floor.The U.S. House of Represen-

tatives has an un-amended versionof the measure awaiting action aswell.Neither measure is scheduled

for action in Congress at thistime.


Senate Grazing Improvement Act SpellsDisaster for Federal Lands Users


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As America continues tobecome tangled in the webof domesticated animal wel-fare, we continue to exacer-

bate the inhumane results of ourefforts. The closing of horse slaugh-ter plants has backfired. Ouremphasis on spay and neuter clin-ics has made just a small dent inthe number of feral cats and dogs.Millions of canines and felines areeuthanized each year. Feral hogshave become as welcome as coy-otes, rats, prairie dogs, wolves andwhite tail deer in many states. Thebiggest factor in each case can betraced back to decisions made bypeople with big hearts and a limit-ed knowledge of nature’s way.The latest example of compas-

sionate, naïve and innocent igno-rance backfiring, is the unwantedbackyard chicken movement.Urban folks, sincere and serious,want to know where their foodcomes from. In their mind theyhave the image of free-range henslaying eggs and pecking aroundwith smiles on their beaks. Roost-ers welcoming the day, cute littlechicks you can hold in your hand.So far, so good. But as the effort

to feed, contain, clean-up after,

dust for lice and hose chicken poopoff the porch, the swing set, thewindow sills…the new nervouspoultrymen must face reality. Theybegin to see why farmers usingmodern practices that prevent dis-ease, increase sanitation, improvetheir diet, and reduce the muckthat goes with raising chickens isimportant. Reality is not the idyllicfarmer-in-the-dell fairy tale theyhad imagined.Then the hens quit laying. The

neuvo-farmer can’t even thinkabout slaughtering such a faithfulhen. So, just like dumping unwant-ed horses, puppies and kittens,they turn their old hens loose . . .sort of a “Free Henny Penny!”Is this a serious problem? In

Minneapolis, a “Chicken rescuefacility” reports that they receivedcalls to take 500 abandoned chick-ens. They are working with AnimalControl to find homes to place thesteady stream of unwanted chick-ens.Those of us in rural America

look on this problem dumbfound-ed. Nigerians in refuge camps, Fil-ipino typhoon victims, NorthKorean mothers, Laotian immi-grants plus 98 percent of the peo-

ple on Earth who have some basicunderstanding of life’s cycle, areincredulous.In megacities, we have isolated

a significant percentage of ourpopulation from reality. They existin a cocoon that is controlled byelectronic robots that keep themand their children separated fromdirt, weather, farming, mining tim-ber, drilling and changing theirown flat tires. They might as wellbe living in a space station on themoon.We, whose job is to feed, house

and comfort these space stationcitizens make an effort to informthem “Where their food, clothingand shelter comes from.” But mostwill never become truly knowledge-able enough in the subjects tomake an educated decision. So, itwill continue to be up to us, theproducers, to make the right deci-sions, for the right reasons.So with a tip of the hat to you

urban chicken raisers, do yourhomework, be responsible andenjoy your eggs. And remember,that little chick will one day be atthe Campbell’s soup stage of theirlife. Have a plan.

FreeHennyPenny!

BY RON ARNOLD,

WASHINGTON EXAMINER

Would it make any differ-ence to the publicwhether the climategurus in the Intergovern-

mental Panel on Climate Changeare right or wrong about dangeroushuman-caused global warming ifonly a weak minority of Americansknew what carbon dioxide is? Orwhat the carbon in their carbonfootprint is? Or that their ownbody is built with carbon-basedmolecules? Or what a molecule is?Answer: No. That “if” is the real

state of science literacy in the Unit-ed States, according to nearly twodecades of National Academy ofSciences studies. Most of us don’tknow any of those things, nor doesmost of the world, for that matter,says an Organization for EconomicCooperation and Development2008 survey.The Intergovernmental Panel

on Climate Change can say any-thing it wants because only a liter-ate minority is listening, much ofwhich is listening with its attitudesand emotions and really, reallywants catastrophic global warmingto happen, as a number of IPCCscientists admit of themselves inprivate.If the IPCC believers sound a

bit like excitement-starvedteenagers, that might be explainedby the fact that literacy studiestend to focus on “what is learnedby the time a student graduatesfrom high school,” when learning

contains fewer chemistry andphysics courses than it does raginghormones and dominance fights.College graduates aren’t much

better. Universities seem to indoc-trinate more than educate, whichprobably helps whip up educatedignorance into the brand of fearmarketed by IPCC scientists.The United States National

Center for Education Statisticstells us that “scientific literacy is theknowledge and understanding ofscientific concepts and processesrequired for personal decisionmaking, participation in civic andcultural affairs, and economic pro-ductivity.”We’re not inundated with that.

Popular culture has no clue or carewhat scientists say anyway, andpop types probably think thatIPCC is a new street drug. Climatefear certainly rates lower on thepopular panic scale than wouldKanye West leaving Kim Kardashi-an for Miley “Wrecking Ball” Cyrusbecause of Kim’s new facelift.You can argue endlessly about

the content of IPCC reports –what’s fact and what’s not – andIPCC denizens will keep on sayingwhat the paymaster wants, becausethey’re human too, and need thepersonal income, the careeradvancement, and public recogni-tion.So, quarreling over “content” is

pointless. “Context” is what’simportant – the vast organizationalstructure with its self-serving rulesand snooty hierarchy that shapesthe IPCC and determines what

content it produces.Most importantly, IPCC sci-

ence isn’t scientific. It is basedupon consensus, a non-scientificprocess from decision-making the-ory. That’s politics.Also, IPCC findings depend

largely on computer models, whichare notoriously wobbly. GIGOapplies – the 1963 hacker acronymfor “garbage in, garbage out.” TheIPCC first turned GIGO into“garbage in, gospel out,” then aftersome experience, “gospel in, gospelout.” That’s delusional.IPCC scientists defend their

gospel with envenomed fangs, forthey have inserted into their com-puter models the long-sought Fina-gle’s variable constant, that num-ber which, when added to,subtracted from, multiplied by ordivided by the Wrong Answer,gives the Right Answer. That’ssupernatural.Not only is climate gospel pro-

tected by the god Finagle, but italso has a free pass from the powerof his mad prophet, Murphy,whose law says, “Anything that cango wrong, will—at the worst possi-ble moment,” thus assuring us ofIPCC gospel infallibility.You may recognize by now that

this is humor, a heresy unknownamong IPCC believers.Now, in contravention of all

glum political correctness, I sin-cerely wish you and yours a glori-ous, joyous, Merry Christmas!

RON ARNOLD, a Washington Examiner colum-nist, is executive vice president of the Center forthe Defense of Free Enterprise.

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Much is in play as dead-lines loom and discus-sions continue over howto protect a chicken-

sized bird found across much ofthe Nevada, with possible steps toprotect the land upon which itdepends coming with potentiallyhuge economic consequences.And if debate among scientists,

politicians, ranchers, conserva-tionists and others remains robustover the best ways to avoid listingof the greater sage grouse as athreatened or endangered species,consensus over two things is clear— the stakes couldn’t be higherand time is decidedly short.“The clock is ticking,” said Lar-

ry Johnson of the Coalition forNevada’s Wildlife, who next weekwill meet with representatives ofother sportsmen groups and con-servationists to discuss the beststrategies moving forward.Johnson and others are study-

ing a range of alternatives con-tained in a draft environmentalimpact statement released Nov. 1by the U.S. Bureau of Land Man-agement.Among other things, they’re

trying to determine how federalrecommendations might meldwith a state conservation planreleased last year. Comments willbe accepted until Jan. 29.The discussion comes days

after Nevada’s U.S. senators,Democratic Majority Leader Har-ry Reid and Republican DeanHeller, released draft legislationdesigned to raise funds and pre-serve land needed to protectNevada’s sage grouse.They, like stakeholders across

the Silver State, hope to avoid alisting decision that could pro-foundly affect ranching, mining,energy development and recre-ation and, as a result, Nevada’soverall economy.The U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service proposed in October tolist a distinct subspecies of grousethat exists only along the Nevada-California line, the bi-state sagegrouse, as a threatened species. Adecision concerning the greatersage grouse across much ofNevada and 10 other Westernstates is due next September.Ted Koch, Nevada director for

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife, likesmuch of what he’s seen in thestate plan and other alternativesnow under the microscope. But,like others, he is worried time isrunning out with key decisionsstill to be made.“It’s getting close to crunch

time, and we’re eager to see howwe will connect the dots,” Kochsaid, adding that restoration goalsfor the Great Basin’s sagebrushecosystem deserve to be imple-mented at the same scale as mas-sive restoration efforts that haveoccurred in places like the Ever-glades, the Great Lakes andChesapeake Bay.“The Great Basin, in my opin-

ion, warrants that same level ofattention,” Koch said.

Sagebrush steppes in troubleSage grouse, striking in appear-

ance and behavior, historicallyinhabited vast swaths of sagebrush-covered terrain in the WesternUnited States and Canada. Butthe sagebrush habitat needed bythe bird has been reduced by nearlyhalf since 1900 due to grazing, farm-ing and development, with thebiggest problem in Nevada beingwidespread wildfires and invasion ofnonnative cheatgrass, experts said.Listing of the bi-state popula-

tion of sage grouse, with numberslimited to an estimated 5,000birds, as a threatened species iswarranted because it is “trulyimperiled,” said Mark Salvo of theconservation group Defenders ofWildlife.Whether the greater sage

grouse needs full protection underthe Endangered Species Actremains to be seen, Salvo said. Buthe sees plenty of room forimprovement in the 15 separateplans prepared by federal landmanagers for the bird across theWest, the last of which targetedparts of Wyoming and was releasedrecently.“There is still an opportunity to

improve these plans,” Salvo said,insisting more must be done toprotect imperiled sagebrush habi-tat and that the effort should bepursued on a massive scale.“Sage grouse, everybody would

agree, need large areas of relativelyundisturbed sagebrush steppes,”Salvo said. “These largest areas areunder a constant barrage and arecontinuing to shrink.”Salvo is concerned the federal

government is taking a wrongapproach for sagebrush habitatprotection by preparing 15 differ-ent plans when a more uniformapproach across the West may bemore helpful.“By partitioning the process,

Balkanizing the process, there is arisk of producing inconsistent andmaybe inadequate protections forsage grouse,” Salvo said. “Sagegrouse need healthy sagebrushsteppes whether they are in north-ern Montana or in Nevada.”Most agree the proposal for

Nevada prepared by the BLM andU.S. Forest Service will be particu-larly important because some 85percent of land across the state isin federal ownership. The plan ulti-mately approved will likely be “ablend” of actions proposed in thesix alternatives released Nov. 1,and include components of thestate’s plan, said Joe Tague, BLMproject manager.“We really want to look at what

we can still allow in sage grousehabitat and still conserve the bird,”Tague said. “It should be some-thing different than what we’vedone in the past.”Tony Wasley, director of the

Nevada Department of Wildlife, isamong those working on efforts topromote the state plan initiated byGov. Brian Sandoval and nowbeing pursued by the governor’sSagebrush Ecosystem Council.One key component is creation ofa “conservation crediting system”designed to help preserve some ofNevada’s best habitat.Under that plan, a group such

as the Nature Conservancy couldwork to improve key habitat in onearea and sell conservation creditsto someone wanting to developanother habitat area, Wasley said.How to fund the program remains“a big question,” he said.“The main objective is to have

mechanisms in place that provideassurance to the Fish and WildlifeService that the state can and willstop the decline in loss of habitat,”Wasley said.

Show me the moneyLack of funding is one reason

federal legislation proposed byReid and Heller is so important,others said.Under that proposal, the

Nevada Sagebrush LandscapeConservation and DevelopmentAct would create a special fund inthe U.S. Treasury to help financerestoration projects, includingthose to treat the landscape to pre-vent wildfires as well as restorehabitat that has already burned.The bill is designed to encourageeconomic development in someareas while conserving the mostprecious grouse habitat, includingthrough the establishment of newwilderness areas.Money for the fund would be

raised by sale of developable feder-al land identified by Nevada coun-ties and through a fee assessed onany development allowed in identi-fied sage grouse habitat.“The federal legislation does

what the state has always had trou-ble doing — paying for stuff,” saidJohn Tull, a Reno conservationistinvolved in the issue. “All of theseactivities are expensive to do. Theproblem has always been comingup with the money to pay for it.”Johnson of the Coalition for

Nevada’s Wildlife points to theneed for some other creative solu-tions to raise needed money. Fortoo long, Johnson insists, the costof protecting sage grouse and itshabitat has been borne by Nevadasportsmen alone.Many possibilities exist to raise

needed funding, Johnson asserts. Aportion of royalties from Nevada’smining companies could go to theeffort, as could some of the regis-tration fees paid by owners of off-highway vehicles. A surcharge ongrazing fees for areas where live-stock graze in sage grouse habitatcould raise money as well.Conservationists might weigh in

by paying for a bird-watchingstamp. Sportsmen might con-tribute further by paying a specialfee when applying for big gamehunting tags.Much attention has been

focused on discussing ways to pro-tect sage grouse and sagebrush ter-rain, Johnson said. He feels it’stime to move beyond the talkingstage as quickly as possible.“We need a huge restoration

effort and in that regard very littlehas been accomplished,” Johnsonsaid. “A lot has been done adminis-tratively. Unfortunately very littlehas been done on the ground forthe benefit of the bird and that isof great concern. We need to geteverybody together on this, stopthe bureaucratic process and getprogress on the ground.”


Every country faces anintertemporal budget con-straint, which requires thatits government’s future

expenditures, including servicingits outstanding official debt, becovered by its government’sfuture receipts when measuredin present value. The present val-ue difference between a coun-try’s future expenditures and itsfuture receipts is its fiscal gap,says Laurence Kotlikoff, a seniorfellow with the National Centerfor Policy Analysis and econo-mist at Boston University.To generate an accurate

assessment of the US govern-ment’s fiscal sustainability, Kot-likoff uses both fiscal gapaccounting, which discloses theamount of adjustment needed torestore sustainability, and gener-ational accounting, which looksat the impact of current andimplied policy on specific gener-ations.

n The U.S. fiscal gap nowstands at $205 trillion.

n This is 10.3 percent of theestimated present value of allfuture U.S. gross domestic prod-uct (GDP).

n The United States needs toraise taxes, cut spending orengage in a combination of thesepolicies by an amount equal to10.3 percent of annual GDP toclose its fiscal gap.

n Closing the gap via raisingtaxes would require an immedi-ate and permanent 57 percentincrease in all federal taxes.

n Closing the gap via spend-ing cuts (apart from servicingofficial debt) would require animmediate and permanent 37percent reduction in spending.This grave picture of Ameri-

ca’s fiscal position effectivelyconstitutes a declaration ofbankruptcy.

Source: Laurence Kotlikoff, “Assessing FiscalSustainability,” Mercatus Center, December 12,2013.

Assessing Fiscal Sustainability

BY JOE ROYBAL

IN BEEF EDITORS’ BLOG

Anew year is traditionallyviewed as a sort of freshstart, a clean slate, a newbeginning. It’s estimated

that about 45 percent of Amer-icans typically make New Yearresolutions, according towww.statisticbrain.com, andonly about eight percent ofthose resolutions are realized.The top 10 resolutions for

2014, according to the samewebsite, are to lose weight, getorganized, spend less and savemore, enjoy life to the fullest,

stay fit and healthy, learn some-thing exciting, quit smoking,help others in their dreams, fallin love, and spend more timewith family.Of the resolutions made for

the new year, it’s estimated that75 percent will make it past thefirst week, and only 46 percentwill make it past 6 months.That’s not the greatest of suc-cess rates but, of course, thatdoesn’t mean one shouldn’t tryto better oneself in areas whereyou think improvement is need-ed.There’s a natural tendency, I

think, to look beyond home for

measures of success, however.The problem is that such fac-tors often aren’t totally underour control – things like wealth,recognition, material posses-sions, etc. Inspirational speakerZig Ziglar used to say that“Money won’t make you happy,but everybody seems to want tofind out for themselves.”I like to think that the most

meaningful yardsticks for meas-uring success are things that wegenerally have a lot of controlover. There’s an old adage Iheard a few years ago that goessomething like this: “To theworld you may be just one per-

son, but to one person you justmay be the world.” I think weall too often get caught up inthe race for something more,bigger or better. Meanwhile,the thing that carries the truestand deepestpersonal rewardmight just be a loved one, be itchild, a spouse, an elderly rela-tive or friend, or any personwho looks up to you.This is a lesson I think we all vis-

cerally know and understand, butoften have to be reminded of, andit’s the turn of a phrase that some-times provides the cold slap thatforces us to stop and take inventory.And the turning of a new year is

always a good time to rededicateourselves to such important pur-suits.Golda Meir, the legendary

Israeli prime minister, oncesaid: “Create the kind of selfthat you will be happy to livewith all your life.” I recentlyheard a more succinct andhumorous version of that senti-ment by author J.W. Stephens,which went like this: “Strive tobe the kind of person your dogthinks you are.”I don’t know if it’s possible

for any of us to live up to thatkind of lofty image, but best ofluck for a great 2014.

In 2014, Strive To Be The Kind Of PersonYour Dog Thinks You Are


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of Phish Food, which sounds likesomething I’d feed the roses,how about a Beef Bits Dove Baror a frozen Sirloin On A Stick?YUMMM!In the candy aisle I do not see

a single Milky Way, Reese’sPieces, or Pop Tart with any beefin it, and you can’t tell me that acheeseburger dipped in choco-late wouldn’t sell like bovine hot-cakes. If people will buyRaisinets they’ll surely buy aMcDonalds Candy Coated BigMac, or a Filet Mignon M & Mthat will truly melt in yourmouth. And where are the SlimJim Mash Ups and Beef JerkyRoll Ups for kids?I’m standing now in the most

crowded part of any grocerystore, in front of the Hostess sec-tion, and I don’t see a single T-Bone Twinkie, Beef Zinger, or

Brisket Sno Ball. It’s probablywhy they went bankrupt. We’realways talking about having ahard time getting rid of thecheaper cuts of beef but if youcombined them with Zingers,Twinkies and sugarcoated pies,we’d all be selecting cattle withbeefier briskets. There are creamy and crunchy

kinds of peanut butter, but notcowy, and the barbecue potatochips appear to be meat-free. Iask you, how can you have a bar-becue without meat? The cerealgoes snap, crackle, pop, but not“MOO”. If they really wanted tomake Special K really “special”they’d put some beef in it. While kids are rotting their

teeth drinking soda they mightas well get a little protein bydrinking a PepsiCow or a CocaCow Cola. And Gerber’s Baby

Food has way too many strainedcarrots, peas and pears in it formy taste. If Gerber babies had abeef-covered bone to gnaw onmaybe they’d quit their incessantcrying. A beef flavored pacifierwould have them hooked for life,I’m quite sure.Yoplait could sell a roast beef

yogurt and eating all that pop-corn without beef can’t be goodfor Orville Redenbacher. If theyadded a little rib-eye to theirshampoo I’d buy Pert Plus Plus,and Old Scent could market ahamburger underarm deodorantthat would have both the girls,and the dogs, following any manwho used it. Hands down, the two prod-

ucts I saw in the grocery storethat could use a little beef themost were the vegetarian lasagnaand the poultry grilling package.

A battle is brewing between Texasand New Mexico over the waters ofthe Rio Grande that may be decidedin the United States Supreme Court

BY TIFFANY DOWLING, ASSISTANTPROFESSOR & EXTENSIONSPECIALIST AGRICULTURAL LAWTEXAS A & M AGRILIFEEXTENSIONS SERVICE

Background

In 1938, Texas, New Mexico,and Colorado entered into theRio Grande Compact (“theCompact”) to allocate water

from the Rio Grande between thethree states. The Compactrequires that New Mexico deliverwater into the Elephant ButteReservoir. At that point, the Unit-ed States Bureau of Reclamationallocates the water between bene-ficiaries in Texas and New Mexi-co. (An additional lawsuit ispending in New Mexico federalcourt between New Mexico andthe Bureau of Reclamationbecause the percentage of waterallocated between the two stateswas modified in 2008 from 57%to New Mexico and 43% to Texasto the current percentages of 38%to New Mexico and 62% toTexas.) The allocated water is forthe benefit of two beneficiaries:the Elephant Butte IrrigationDistrict (New Mexico) and the ElPaso County Water ImprovementDistrict No. 1 (Texas). The LawsuitIn February 2013, Texas filed

suit against New Mexico andColorado in the United StatesSupreme Court in a battle con-cerning the Compact. AlthoughTexas sued both New Mexicoand Colorado, it appears thatColorado was named onlybecause they are party to thetreaty at issue. All of Texas’ claimsare based upon alleged wrongfulconduct by and in New Mexico.It may seem strange that the

lawsuit was actually filed in (asopposed to being appealed to)the United States SupremeCourt. The reason for this is thatthe United States Constitutionprovides original jurisdiction tothe Supreme Court for all dis-

putes between states. In thisinstance, a state must file amotion seeking permission to filethe complaint and a brief explain-ing why the Court should hearthe case. So now that the motion has

been filed, the Court will decidewhether to hear the case. In mak-ing that decision, the Court con-siders three factors: (1) whetherthe dispute is truly between states(as opposed to disputes betweenstate agencies or private claims);(2) the seriousness of the dispute--specifically looking at whetherthis type of conflict would lead towar between sovereign nations;and (3) whether an alternativeforum is available to decide thedispute.If it chooses to hear the case, it

will likely assign the case to a Spe-cial Master who will determineany factual issues in the case.After the Special Master hasresolved factual disputes, theCourt would then take up thecase and make decisions on thelegal issues.The Parties’ ArgumentsTexas claims that New Mexico

is illegally depleting the RioGrande's flow before it reachesthe New Mexico/Texas state line.Specifically, Texas claims thatNew Mexico allows impermissi-ble diversion of surface waterfrom the river and that increasedgroundwater pumping alsodepletes the river by causing thesurface water to leave the river torecharge connected undergroundaquifers. As to the groundwaterpumping, Texas points to wells—approximately 2,500 of thesewells have been drilled below theReservoir since the Compact wassigned—and claims that thesewells are depleting the amount ofwater coming to Texas pursuantto the Compact. Although Texasdoes not point to a specific termof the Compact that was violatedand does not dispute that NewMexico is delivering the correctamount of water into the Ele-phant Butte Reservoir, it claimsthat the “purpose and intent” ofthe Compact is violated when

New Mexico allows water to bediverted prior to delivery intoTexas.Texas’ lawsuit requests that the

court (1) hear the case; (2) enjoinNew Mexico's diversions anddepletions that take any portionof Texas’ water; (3) order NewMexico to pay for the water thatit has taken through groundwaterpumping and surface diversions;and (4) specifically allocate Texas’portion of water to which it isentitled under the Compact.In response, New Mexico

claims that its only obligationunder the Compact is to deliver acertain amount of water into theElephant Butte Reservoir. TheCompact does not require anyspecific amount of water be deliv-ered to the Texas/New Mexicostate line. New Mexico claimsthat what happens between theReservoir and the Texas state lineis governed by New Mexico lawand not by the Compact. NewMexico claims that the wellsdrilled below the Reservoir areproper as they were drilled basedupon water rights that were grant-ed under New Mexico law. Colorado has argued that the

Court should not hear the casebecause Texas’ complaints are nottied to the Compact and, as NewMexico argues, the Compactdoes not apply to the waterssouth of Elephant Butte. The United States, represent-

ed by the Solicitor General,encouraged the Supreme Courtto grant Texas’ motion and hearthe case, but also advocated for aprocedural plan that would allowNew Mexico to file a motion todismiss shortly thereafter toattempt to resolve the case earlyon.As the states await a decision

from the Supreme Court onTexas’ motion, tensions run high.The Texas budget for 2014 showsan allocation of $5 million for liti-gation expenses related to thesuit. In New Mexico, GovernorSusana Martinez has said thatNew Mexico “will not cede oneinch of New Mexico water toTexas.”

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Almost everything that could gowrong did go wrong for the cause ofglobal warming

2013 has been a gloomy yearfor global warming enthusi-asts. The sea ice in theAntarctic set a record,

according to NASA, extendingover a greater area than at any timesince 1979 when satellite measure-ments first began. In the Arctic thenews is also glum. Five years ago,Al Gore predicted that by 2013“the entire North polar ice cap willbe gone.” Didn’t happen. Instead,a deflated Gore saw the Arctic icecap increase by 50 percent over2012. This year’s Arctic ice likewiseexceeded that of 2008, the year of

his prediction. And that of 2009,2010 and 2011.Weather between the poles has

also conspired to make the globalwarming believers look bad. InDecember, U.S. weather stationsreported over 2000 record cold andsnow days. Almost 60 percent ofthe U.S. was covered in snow,twice as much as last year. Theheavens even opened up in theHoly Land, where an awestruckcitizenry saw 16 inches of snow fallin Jerusalem, almost three feet inits environs. Snow blanketed Cairofor the first time in more than 100years.2013 marks the 17th year of no

warming on the planet. It marksthe first time that James Hansen,Al Gore’s guru and the one whosepredictions set off the global warm-

ing scare, admitted that warminghad stopped. It marks the first timethat major media enforcers of theorthodoxy — the Economist, Reutersand the London Telegraph – admit-ted that the science was not settledon global warming, the Economisteven mocking the scientists’ mod-els by putting them on “negativewatch.” Scientific predictions ofglobal cooling – until recentlymostly shunned in the academicpress for fear of being labeledcrackpot – were published andpublicized by no less than theBBC, a broadcaster previouslyunmatched in the anthropogenicapocalyptic media.The heavens even opened up

in the Holy Land, where 16inches of snow fell in Jerusalem2013 was likewise bleak for

businesses banking on globalwarming. Layoffs and bankruptciescontinued to mount for Europeanand North American companiesproducing solar panels and windturbines, as did their pleas for sub-sidies to fight off what they labelledunfair competition from Chinesefirms. Starting in 2013, though,their excuses have been wearingthin. China’s Suntech, the world’slargest solar panel manufacturer,has now filed for bankruptcy, ashas LDK Solar, another majorfirm. Sinovel, China’s largest man-ufacturers of wind turbines and theworld second largest, reported itlost $100-million after its revenuesplunged 60%, and it is now closingplants in Canada, the U.S., andEurope.While these no-carbon tech-

nologies get buried, carbon richfuels go gung ho. Last month Ger-many fired up a spanking new coalplant, the first of 10 modern CO2-gushers that Europe’s biggesteconomy will be banking on topower its economy into the 21stcentury. Worldwide, 1200 coal-fired plants are in the works.According to the InternationalAgency, coal’s dominance willespecially grow in the countries ofthe developing world, helping toraise their poor out of poverty asthey modernize their economies.But important as coal is, the

fossil fuel darlings are indisputablyshale gas and shale oil. This weekthe U.K. sloughed off the naysay-ers and announced it will be goingall out to tap into these next-gener-ation fuels. Half of the UK will beopened up to drilling to accom-plish for the U.K. what shale oiland shale gas are doing for theU.S. – drastically lowering energycosts while eliminating the coun-try’s dependence on foreign fuels.China, too, has decided to tap intothe shale revolution – in a deal withthe U.S. announced this week, itwill be exploiting what some esti-mate to be the world’s biggestshale gas reserves, equivalent inenergy content to about half the oilin Saudi Arabia.2013 as well marks a turning

point for the governments of theworld. January 1, 2013, Day Oneof the second phase of the KyotoProtocol, saw Kyoto abandoned byCanada and Russia, two fossil fuelpowerhouses. With their departureKyoto became a club for the non-emitters – the Kyoto Protocol nowonly covers a paltry 15% of globalemissions. At UN-sponsored talkson global warming in Warsaw lastmonth, the Western countries ofEurope, North America, and Aus-tralia refused to even discuss a pro-posal from developing countriesthat would limit emissions in thefuture.2013 also saw Australia elect a

climate-skeptic government in anelection that was hailed as a refer-endum on climate change. Uponwinning, the government promptlyproceeded to scrap the country’scarbon tax along with its climatechange ministry, now in the rub-bish heap of history. Other coun-tries are taking note of the public’sattitude toward climate changealarmism – almost nowhere doesthe public believe the scary scenar-ios painted by the climate changeadvocates.2013 was the best of years for

climate skeptics; the worst of yearsfor climate change enthusiasts forwhom any change – or absence ofchange — in the weather served asirrefutable proof of climate change.The enthusiasts fell into disbeliefthat everyone didn’t join them inpooh-poohing the failure of the cli-mate models. That governmentsand the public would abandon theduty to stop climate change was intheir minds no more thinkablethan Hell freezing over. Which theway things are going for them, mayhappen in 2014.

Lawrence Solomon is executive director of EnergyProbe, a Toronto-based environmental [email protected]


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