Overgrazing Cattle Research Paper
The best way to figure out how to fix something is to figure out why it’s broken.
Assessing 500,000 acres may seem like a lot until everywhere you look you can see the effects of human impact: top soil erosion, invasive species beating out native ones, all due to the effects of overgrazing cattle and fire suppression. To assess the land, I would first study the soil profile to assess the erosion severity.
“Overgrazing accounts for 34% of soil degradation” (The Science behind the Stories, 222). Obviously the first step in restoration would be to remove the herds/cattle that are grazing on the land. The Bureau should make grazing permits more expensive so more ranchers would be at least a little deterred from using that land, and set limits for
Assessing 500,000 acres may seem like a lot until everywhere you look you can see the effects of human impact: top soil erosion, invasive species beating out native ones, all due to the effects of overgrazing cattle and fire suppression. To assess the land, I would first study the soil profile to assess the erosion severity.
“Overgrazing accounts for 34% of soil degradation” (The Science behind the Stories, 222). Obviously the first step in restoration would be to remove the herds/cattle that are grazing on the land. The Bureau should make grazing permits more expensive so more ranchers would be at least a little deterred from using that land, and set limits for