Recognizing that the legal and moral responsibility of the BLM to protect the natural ecosystems of the public lands under its control is paramount and supercedes any economic use, such as cattle grazing; the undersigned demand that the cattle grazing no longer be allowed in the area designated as the \" Round Mountain Allotment\". This is non-native, invasive species is not adapted to the relatively dry ecosystem of the Southwest and has significantly contributed to it\'s destruction. It has degraded the natural watershed in the Round mountain area, upset the balance of native flora, caused greatly decreased habitat for wild animals and increased wildfire danger. Cattle grazing has and does prevent the regrowth of trees and shrubs after every fire so that the result is the alteration of the environment from its natural former forested state to the desert it has become. The grazing of cattle is not compatible with the preservation of this environment and should not be allowed in the Round Mountain Area.
The Bureau of Land Management continues to ignore the scorched earth their policies are creating in the Round Mountain Allotment. I am gathering documents on the damage done to our watershed and will be confronting them directly about this destruction.
May 29, 2012
The BLM can no longer ignore the groundswell of people demanding they stop destroying the Round Mountain ecosystem. This momentum proves that public outrage is finally becoming too loud for them to silence with their usual excuses.
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Linda Wallace
22 years ago
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Please protect our land. The damage to the local watershed is already so bad and we are tired of seeing it ruined year after year.
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Mark Adeyemi
22 years ago
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STOP THE GRAZING NOW. cows dont belong in the desert and the blm needs to wake up and do their jobs for once.
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Gary Johnston
22 years ago
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Enough with the cows destroying everything. My family hikes out there and it just looks like a dust bowl now. Kick them out.
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Recognizing that the legal and moral responsibility of the BLM to protect the natural ecosystems of the public lands under its control is paramount and supercedes any economic use, such as cattle grazing; the undersigned demand that the cattle grazing no longer be allowed in the area designated as the \" Round Mountain Allotment\". This is non-native, invasive species is not adapted to the relatively dry ecosystem of the Southwest and has significantly contributed to it\'s destruction. It has degraded the natural watershed in the Round mountain area, upset the balance of native flora, caused greatly decreased habitat for wild animals and increased wildfire danger. Cattle grazing has and does prevent the regrowth of trees and shrubs after every fire so that the result is the alteration of the environment from its natural former forested state to the desert it has become. The grazing of cattle is not compatible with the preservation of this environment and should not be allowed in the Round Mountain Area.
The Bureau of Land Management continues to ignore the scorched earth their policies are creating in the Round Mountain Allotment. I am gathering documents on the damage done to our watershed and will be confronting them directly about this destruction.
May 29, 2012
The BLM can no longer ignore the groundswell of people demanding they stop destroying the Round Mountain ecosystem. This momentum proves that public outrage is finally becoming too loud for them to silence with their usual excuses.
3 Comments
L
Linda Wallace
22 years ago
Featured
Please protect our land. The damage to the local watershed is already so bad and we are tired of seeing it ruined year after year.
M
Mark Adeyemi
22 years ago
Featured
STOP THE GRAZING NOW. cows dont belong in the desert and the blm needs to wake up and do their jobs for once.
G
Gary Johnston
22 years ago
Featured
Enough with the cows destroying everything. My family hikes out there and it just looks like a dust bowl now. Kick them out.
Please protect our land. The damage to the local watershed is already so bad and we are tired of seeing it ruined year after year.