Western range lands are very hardy and tough and can also be fragile. They produce great native grasses and browse when they have adequate moisture and rest between grazing rotations. But smart management is nessecary. We have been employing firefighters for the last 50 years that run and put out every lightning stirke instead of smaller natural burns that used to happen. Fuel builds up and you get Yellowstone 1989. Of course logging isnt the answer! :roll: But back to the topic, grazing is a wonderful tool to keep range healthy. We rest our pastures once in three years. Our range is thriving because we move the cattle as often as possible. We salt high on the ridges and in saddles to get the cows up out of the bottoms. We build and maintain drift fences to keep the cows where we want them. We install troughs and develope water to spread out the cows over the pasture they are in. The riaparin areas are healthy and wildlife are plentiful throughout the mountain because of grazing and the work we do to keep the ecosystem intact. This managment style works! Anyone who says otherwise has a political agenda,  and only pretends to care about the enviroment in order to further said agenda! :?