The Susang6 SW Missouri Report

  This post is meant to make people think about what is happening to the animals that live on America’s federal lands. While this article does not directly pertain to Missourians, it does pertain to Americans. Federal land is American land, and when decisions are made to remove or alter the animals that have lived there for decades just to make room for border ranchers’ livestock, that affects all of us. 🦬 Animals that belong on the land are being pushed out For decades, wild animals like bison and mustangs have lived on America’s federal lands lands that belong to the people, not to private ranchers or political appointees. But in recent years, many Americans have started to notice a troubling pattern: decisions coming out of the Trump administration and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) that push wildlife aside to make room for private livestock operations. This isn’t about party politics. It’s about asking a simple question: why are the animals that belong on public ...

Saving Montana’s bison matters to all Americans. This post explains why removing bison from public grasslands is wrong, why public lands belong to the people not ranchers and why protecting wildlife protects our country’s natural heritage. 🦬 Montana bison decision matters to all of us I live down here in Southwest Missouri, far from the sweeping public grasslands of Montana, but what happens on those prairies matters to every American including Missourians like me. Recently, the Trump administration issued a ruling that removed conservation bison from public grasslands in Montana and opened the door for ranchers’ livestock to take their place. And while this decision doesn’t directly affect our state, it affects something much bigger: the idea of who public land belongs to. Public lands are not private real estate. They don’t belong to ranchers, corporations, or political appointees. They belong to us the American people. As someone who cares deeply about wildlife and the na...