Cowboy Welfare: The Few Exploit the Many

October 1, 2016

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• Public Lands
• WLA Archive

October/December 2016 Wildland Advocate article, by Kevin Van Tighem. This article was published first in the October 2016 issue of Alberta Views.
AWA is grateful to both Kevin and Alberta Views for their permission to reprint the article here.

Imagine that you and your extended family own a large tract of land full of native vegetation and wildlife.  Some of your family fish there in summer or hunt there in the fall. Others simply enjoy the birds, flowers and fresh air. The native prairie on the land would benefit from some grazing, so your family offers a seasonal cattle-grazing lease to a local rancher.

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