U.S. Forest Service Grazing and Rangelands: A History PUB200804 ISBN13: 9780393342536

ISBN13: 9780393342536

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U.S. Forest Service Grazing and Rangelands: A History PUB200804 ISBN13: 9780393342536The early luxury of free forage on unclaimed western public domain allowed the building of fortunes in cattle and sheep and offered opportunities to successive waves of settlement. But the western public lands could not last. The range became overgrazed, overstocked, overcrowded. Animals were lost, much range was irreversible damaged, and even violence occurred as cowmen, sheepmen, and settlers competed for the best forage. Congress intervened by