And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: REPORT CONDEMNS RANCHING ON PUBLIC LANDS The Southwest Center for Biological Diversity (SWCBD) and New West Research have published a comprehensive report examining the tax breaks and subsidies for public lands ranchers in Arizona and New Mexico. This report documents the existence and impact of governmental support for grazing in the arid Southwest. The groups say the ranching industry could not survive without the array of tax benefits and subsidies that pump hundreds of millions of dollars per year into the agricultural industry. The report calls public lands ranching is the most common source of land degradation in the region. More than 60 million acres of federal and state public lands are currently grazed by cattle in Arizona and New Mexico. This activity harms wildlife, degrades watersheds, pollutes drinking water, destroys riparian habitat and denudes sensitive arid grasslands. The report looks at the details of the elaborate support system that states and the federal government provide to the ranching industry. The groups hope the information will inspire others to take action to revise legislation that subsidizes ranchers on public lands. The report is available on the SWCBD website at: http://www.sw-center.org/swcbd/grazing/taxguide.html Reprinted under the Fair Use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ UPDATES: CAMP JUSTICE http://shell.webbernet.net/~ishgooda/oglala/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&