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As discussed in the article above, when bison were allowed to graze through patches of tallgrass prairie, they boosted native plant species richness by a whopping 86 percent.

Cattle and other domestics animals – when they are grazed in ways planned to mimic native bison herds – do the same thing.

This article from the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC), a free market environmental think tank based in Bozeman, discusses the “analysis paralysis” of the federal forest agencies. Regulatory overkill combined with environmental lawsuits make wildfire mitigation nearly impossible.

Quoting the authors, “Across all mechanical fire-treatment projects, it takes an average of 3.6 years (1,325 days) to move from project initiation to start of treatment.

For all prescribed burn projects, the corresponding time averages 4.7 years (1,711 days).

For both types of projects, it takes longer to begin the treatment as the level of environmental analysis becomes more rigorous.”

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“The Hellyer family sees ranching as a lifestyle, one they are not willing to compromise. In the face of a market that points to increased housing developments, the Hellyers have doubled-down on improving their land for cattle and wildlife, and preserving open space for generations to come. This episode of My Wild Land brings to life the strength of a no-frills western family, and their determination to preserve a good lifestyle.”

Third in a series: on the Fall River in Idaho, 5-miles from the southwest corner of Yellowstone Park, we use goats instead of herbicides to control weeds and stimulate grasses in sagebrush meadows.

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