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Doug Troutman clips 1 | 2 Political Interference at BLM Results in Unsound Grazing Management As a teenager Doug Troutman sought solitude from the overcrowding of Southern California by hiking in the nearby San Gabriel and San Bernardino Mountains. Upon graduation from high school in 1962 he began turning his passion for the outdoors into a career by becoming a cook at Yellowstone National Park. During 1966–67 Mr. Troutman served as a helicopter crew chief with the US Army in Vietnam. After leaving the military in 1969 he became a ranger at Yosemite National Park, while also obtaining a bachelor’s degree in biology from Fresno State. In 1976 Mr. Troutman joined the Bureau of Land Management, beginning a 23-year career during which he gained extensive experience with livestock grazing, first as a wilderness ranger in Arizona, and then as a wilderness specialist on the Lakeview District in Oregon. Doug Troutman tells how political interference at BLM leads to unsound management of livestock grazing. Recorded in August 2004. |
