U.S. Forest Service Grazing and Rangelands: A History (Environmental History)

Rowley, William D.

ISBN 10: 0890962189 / ISBN 13: 9780890962183

Published by Texas A&M University Press, 1985

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: U.S. Forest Service Grazing and Rangelands: A History (Environmental History)
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0890962189
• ISBN 13: 9780890962183
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

The early luxury of free forage on unclaimed western public domain allowed the building of fortunes in cattle and sheep and offered opportunities to successive waves of settlement. But the western public lands could not last. The range became overgrazed, overstocked, overcrowded. Animals were lost, much range was irreversible damaged, and even violence occurred as cowmen, sheepmen, and settlers competed for the best forage.

Congress intervened by designating the U.S. Forest Service as the pioneer grazing control agency. The Forest Service's controls represent not only attempts to protect a resource but also a social experiment designed to prevent the monopolization of rangelands by large outfits and to encourage small enterprises.

The Forest Service has become the undisputed leader in bringing order, rationality, and economic use to the range resources under government supervision. The problems and continuing challenges of the task emerge in these pages.