Comments on: Forum for Discussing Range Suitability

by: Bart Albrecht

Sat, 25 Mar 2006 19:11:04 +0000

I am familiar with these areas. And if there was more removement of the conifer.
the aspen as well as the cattle and wildlife could be further dispersed. Growing up
in a cattle rasing area,LOA Grandpa raised them great gradpa, uncles, cousins, and
freinds. If you were to take a look at the book. cant remember the name, but is
to do with “pictures in time” shows how the conifer has encroached on aspen and
streams. Reducing water flow also impacts the aspen.

Grazing has been vital to this area. And needs to be managed coexistantly with
everything else. The comments I get at my business about, seeing the cowboys, pays
tribute to the assets we still have in rural america. I feel that the fencing of
the streams in(sevenmile) area has detrimented the aspen and grazing. They need to
let the beavers damn up the stream or put some barriers in the stream to slow and
spread the flow of water. If you put water in the same channell long enough you
will create steep banks and fast flowing water. Grand canyon, perfect example of
being in a stream bed for to many years. Keep our local history alive. Thanks

by: Betty Stokes

Thu, 23 Mar 2006 18:17:12 +0000

Cattle grazing on the public lands does not have to damage the land and can be a powerful tool in improving the range. Please read a text by Steve Cote NRCS in Idaho a link is found on Temple Grandin’s web page. He provides a well researched discussion for cattle management on the public lands that eliminates negative impacts.

by: D Lemmons

Wed, 22 Feb 2006 19:47:10 +0000

Is livestock grazing up for any considertion for changes? In the Mt. Marvin/Mt. Terrill area, it seems that
the ecomonic gains from the grazing of cattle in the area are offset by the damage the cattle are doing to
many of the area’s aspen groves. Grazing along the sevenmile creek valleys seems to make a lot of sense but
allowing the cattle up in to the aspens seems to benefit the ranchers only a little but damages the wilderness
a lot. Wouldn’t everyone benefit if the cattle were confined to the valleys; the cattle could graze, dispersed
campers could camp without cattle coming into camp, hunters wouldn’t have game spooked, and the groves could
possibly send up some saplings since the existing aspen groves are all old growth and thinning out. I’m not
anti-cattle, just pro-wilderness/hunting/camping.