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Julian Hatch BLM’s Vegetation-Depleted Rangeland in Southern Utah Utah native Julian Hatch traces his ancestry to Mormon sheep ranchers who settled the region in the nineteenth century with Brigham Young. After graduating from the College of the Atlantic with a degree in human ecology, Hatch returned to Utah—settling in Boulder to pursue a back-to-the-land lifestyle. Repeated trespassing by cattle on his private property, along with a concern for the health of the land, soon brought Hatch into conflict with local ranchers and public lands managers. In 1983 Hatch responded by forming the Boulder Regional Group to facilitate the monitoring of environmental conditions on the public lands of southern Utah. Julian Hatch tells what ranchers are doing to cope with the BLM’s vegetation-depleted rangelands of southern Utah. Recorded in September 2004. This video is an excerpt from Julian Hatch’s interview in Western Turf Wars: The Politics of Public Lands Ranching. |
