Formerly "RangeBiome's Headlines", RangeTree County is the cyberspace equivalent of a "clipping service" providing a  periodic sample of news believed to be of interest to RangeBiome's audience.    (more about the "RangeTree")

September 7, 2008
Grazing lawsuits spawn talks: Costly litigation has cattlemen searching for new answers
Entire wolf pack killed near Hall
Judge extends protection for desert bald eagles
Team Completes Report on Grazing and Fuels in Murphy Complex Wildfires
....................	Report: Interactions among livestock grazing, vegetation type, and fire behavior in the Murphy Wildland Fire Complex in Idaho and Nevada, July 2007
Volunteers rescue aspen trees
FWS looks at changes for wildlife refuges
Restoring bison in West Researchers test Yellowstone animals for relocation
BLM outlines Powder River Basin grouse plan
....................	BLM sets grouse protection zone
....................	Drilling project draws ire of grouse advocates
....................	BLM releases new Pinedale plan
....................	BLM: Keep listening on Pinedale plan
BLM proposes 1.9 million acres for oil shale
An endangered act: A new proposal would let all kinds of federal agencies make decisions about what species to protect.
Wetlands project highlights conflicts
17,000 acres purchased by BLM for public use
Size Matters In The Cow Calf Business
Canadian Agency Confirms 14th Case of Mad-Cow Disease
....................	USDA Refuses to Ban Sick "Downer" Cows From U.S. Food Supply
....................	12 deaths in Canada linked to listeria outbreak in meat products
....................	Court bars meatpacker tests for mad cow (Editorial note: What is next? Prohibiting toy manufacturers from testing the paint that they use for lead? That would make just as much sense!)
....................	The Feds confuse us, again
....................	National cattlemen support Creekstone
....................	Live mad cow disease test touted
Emergency inquiry for Murray-Darling: "...The Australian Bureau of Statistics found the major water user was growing pasture for grazing..."
....................	The battle for the red gum forests
What’s driving global warming? Check your dinner plate
Plans to halt desertification (Spain)
Compound 1080 and M-44 Elimination Act (H.R. 4775)
....................	Sample Letter of Support for H.R. 4775 (Word format)
....................	Sample Letter of Support for H.R. 4775 (PDF format)
Review/Trailer - Western Turf Wars: The Politics of Public Lands Ranching (2007)     RealPlayer     Google/Flash     MySpace/Flash
....................	Under the hood of public rangeland management: a book review of "Western Turf Wars"
....................	Western Turf Wars: The Politics of Public Lands Ranching
	Author of Western Turf Wars interviewed on KTEP (El Paso, TX) by "Animal Concerns of Texas". (RealPlayer audio. Interview begins just short of 8 minutes into clip.)