Black Range Tales, Sixty Years of Life and Adventure in the Southwest.

James A. McKenna

Mandy Lou

The Rawhiders Come to New Mexico

Today I am reading a chapter from a book carried in local Museums, the author was a prospector in Hillsboro NM in 1888 about the time this story takes place.

Why did I choose it, the last part of the story will tell you. Hope you enjoy it.

Today we were joined by Megan Richardson from the Slash Ranch. She will give us a rundown on what it has been like to have no wolf mitigation since the new Settlement between Environmental Organizations and the USFWS. A settlement that effectively revoked the 10J part of the Mexican wolf recovery plan that ensures ranchers are given mitigation tools and removals for multiple and chronic livestock kills. in 2015, the recovery plan and final rule allowed for removals of stock killing wolves. The new settlement refused to take into account ranchers needs and burdens brought on by the program and has been allowing unmitigated unending livestock kills.

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/uvkbqvcjgn6wvxsg/Megan_and_the_wolvesfinal764hb.mp3

Western Watershed are they distorting the truth and maligning southwest ranchers.

The things I have experienced and seen over the years has me questioning their methods.

Colorado ranchers have no idea of the giant pile of doo doo they can expect if they think their wolf program will be ethical and support their operations.

NM ranchers, still going and surviving, even after being maligned and liabled and threatened by govt. funded zealots.