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Patrick Diehl The Future of Ranching on Western Public Lands As a graduate of Harvard, Oxford, and the University of California at Berkeley, with a background in medieval literature, Patrick Diehl would seem an unlikely person to emerge as a significant anti-grazing advocate in the desert of southern Utah. Yet he and his partner, Tori Woodard, drawing upon many years of experience as anti-nuclear activists, brought an unorthodox style to their environmental activism that generated significant media attention. It also brought them the wrath not only of their rural neighbors, but even of some environmentalists. The latter experiences, especially, reveal what may be a significant factor in stifling efforts to build a stronger grassroots movement to end public lands ranching. Patrick Diehl recounts his recent experience in bringing litigation against BLM. And he makes a prediction about the future of ranching on the public lands. Recorded in September 2004. |
