Ranchlands: Last Hope For Preserving Habitat

New research shows that ranchlands, long accused of damaging the ecosystem, play a beneficial role in protecting habitat for native species.

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September 13, 2002, 10:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"In recent studies published in peer-reviewed journals like BioScience, Conservation Biology, and Environmental Science and Policy, scientists have concluded that large, intact working cattle ranches are crucial puzzle pieces holding together an increasingly fragmented landscape... The studies emerge from a network of ecologists and ranchers, once at odds, but now increasingly working together in the West."

Thanks to Congress on New Urbanism

FULL STORY: Environmentalists Hail the Ranchers: Howdy, Pardners!

Tuesday, September 10, 2002 in The New York Times

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