Western Watersheds Project on Nostr: The majority of forage on public lands is allocated not to wild inhabitants, but to ...

The majority of forage on public lands is allocated not to wild inhabitants, but to private domestic livestock. This shift in resources means that every blade of grass consumed by sheep or cattle is sustenance taken from native herbivores, ranging from ground squirrels to elk. The simple truth is that each pound of forage eaten by livestock is a pound denied to native species.