Grazing on Public Lands: Let’s Call It a Day

Re “High Noon at the Blair Ranch,” Feb. 9: All credit to the Center for Biological Diversity, the Sierra Club and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility for bringing the litigation to stop grazing on this land. It is time for this ranch, and others like it, to go.

The ranchers pay $6,000 a year to control 210,000 acres. That is ridiculous. The damage and degradation caused by the cattle are hundreds of times that, never mind the destruction of habitat for the endangered species. Yes, 120 years ago there may have been some justification for granting such huge subsidies to cattle growers, in terms of feeding the nation. This is no longer true. Grazing of cattle on public land is an anachronism. Its time has passed.

Noel Park

San Pedro