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 Stories About: land degradation AND news AND ranching
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Bordering on Ridiculous
Border-fence plan could wreak havoc on environment |
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02 Oct 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Bordering on Ridiculous Border-fence plan could wreak havoc on environment Congress approved a plan late last week to build a 700-mile-long, two-layer fence along the U.S.-Mexico border in an attempt to keep out illegal immigrants, eliciting an overwhelmingly negative reaction from environmentalists and, well, folks with a firm grasp on reality. "The fence is a knee-jerk r ... |
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| Topics: land degradation, Mexico, news, politics, ranching, Texas, water conflicts (all these topics) |
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Ranch Dressing-Down
Rancher wins defamation claim against conservation nonprofit |
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19 Aug 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Ranch Dressing-Down Rancher wins defamation claim against conservation nonprofit An Arizona rancher has employed activist tactics to win a lawsuit against a conservation group, and his success may inspire other ranchers to fight back against greens. Jim Chilton took the Center for Biological Diversity to court last year for defamation, after the group posted photos to its website showing destruction on land that Chilton ha ... |
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| Topics: land degradation, news, ranching (all these topics) |
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