No doubt you people chase your tail a lot. I wouldn’t call that circular logic though. You don’t have to move very far to the right of the radical left-wing Oligarchs that run AP and fund all of the other “land grabs”. 99% of the bison they raise doesn’t go on the dinner table. You know: “food...
Yes, I did bring up old data on purpose to show APs management objectives. Apparently even less than 1% hybridization can be a big deal for bison, according to your colleagues. There has been introduction of genetic “junk” as a result of inbreeding with herds that were thought to be pure strain...
Never made that comment...You can be in the NF anytime you want to be, but I don’t think it is good ethics to scout in the NF while another hunt is going on. Scouting on state land is only so many days before your hunt and the unit wide private properties are only a couple or few days or...
Apparently, my assumptions were correct. The BLM decision to graze APs bison has been appealed (Reconsideration) to the DOI Office of Hearings and Appeals. The Taylor Grazing Act is very clear about which species are considered to be DOMESTIC livestock and bison are not on the list. Once the DOI...
This is from 2007. Looks like AP has been chasing a red herring!
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“The majority of public herds have some level of hybridization with cattle,” said Kyran Kunkel, a World Wildlife Federation biologist who is doing the sampling. “You can’t see any...
“The Texas A&M study that was published in the journal Scientific Reports found that all bison in North America carry small portions of DNA of domestic cattle. This updates previous findings from 20 years ago that revealed that only a few herds existed that were thought to be free of bovine...
Are you familiar with what policy makers call “junk” science? Happens all of the time. One side of the aisle goes out and pays for a data model that supports their position and the other side supplies their data model to counter. Pretty much everyone is accepting the Texas A&M study here though...
Good arguements to be made and they will have to be made. AP doesn’t intend to make a profit from their herds (they are a non-profit) and a very small percentage of their overall herd will end up on someone’s table. That takes us back to the best use of the land.
I don’t understand this: “The...
You are calling apples oranges. I guess we will just have to see what the Montana Courts decide. Obviously the Legislature intended to exclude bison that were not meant for agricultural use. And that is where the Courts will go with it. As far as BLM is concerned, the DOIOHA will have to make a...
Where you are maybe. Here on the open range hay is like gold. I’m too embarrassed to say how much I paid for the last load of alfalfa hay. Like I have stated multiple times, because of drought conditions in quite a few areas in the US; CRP land is being grazed and/or are in hay production.