Public lands ranching and rewilding
Given the hardships of ranching in the arid and semi arid American West - problems of cost, heavy labor, weather, climate, water, critters, soil health, agency management, what ever else makes the life tough…
What would it take for you to either:
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cash out and sell and retire your allotments/permits and leases
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take a buyout to help rewild or restore and better manage the land but without commercial cattle - say smaller herds and making your income more from the restoration subsidy.
I’m thinking here of
Posted Jul 10, 2026, 5:58 PM UTC
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