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FEATURES

14 Sheepman of the Year Mike Casabonne by Carol Wilson

33 USDA Taps Molly Manzanares as State FSA Director

38 Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Maynard

39 Colostrum: Liquid gold for kid goats and lambs by Dr. Tom Earleywine, Director of Nutritional Services for Land O’Lakes Animal Milk Products

42 How Fair is the Endangered Species Act to the American Land Owners? by Locke Ann McIvor, Fort Davis High School & Sul Ross State University

51 True Tails of a Ranch Wife by Betty Martin

55 Mainstream media don’t know Big Green has deeper pockets than Big Oil by Ron Arnold, Washington Examiner

DEPARTMENTS 10 N.M. Cattle Growers’ Association President’s Letter by Jose Varela Lopez, President

12 News Update

26 New Mexico’s Old Time & Old Timers by Don Bullis

28 N.M. CowBelles Jingle Jangle

30 N.M. Federal Lands Council News by Frank DuBois

32 Aggie Notes

34 To The Point by Caren Cowan

38 In Memoriam

46 My Cowboy Heroes by Jim Olson

48 Estrays

48 View from the Backside by Barry Denton

50 On The Edge of Common Sense by Baxter Black

57 NMBC Bullhorn

60 Market Place

64 Seedstock Guide

67 Real Estate Guide

74 Ad Index

ON THE COVER . . .Sheepman of the Year

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Dear Fellow Members and Industry Supporters,

It seems that government overreach has been in the news a lot lately on the national stage. Unfortunately, New Mex-ico took to that stage in May when President Obama, at the request of our US Senators, utilized the Antiquities Actand his pen to place a national monument designation on nearly half a million acres in Doña Ana County. While

national monuments are not a bad thing the way this one came to be certainly was.This monument designation is troublesome on many levels, not the least of which was the unilateral heavy handed

action by Washington that subverted the legislative process which could have addressed the informed input of localstakeholders. Instead, the national monument designation ignored those opinions in favor of the environmentalactivist wish list. To say that this designation was an “in your face” affront to the traditional land managers of thecounty would be an understatement. Additionally, the Organ Mountains Desert Peaks National Monument is inconsistent with the Antiquities Act which

calls for designating the “smallest compatible area” in creating a monument. The Organ Mountains Desert Peaks isactually more than five disparate areas in Doña Ana County which in my opinion should have been considered sepa-rately. The only thing these different land masses have in common is that they collectively stand to negatively impactlocal law enforcement, border security, watershed management and recreational access in those areas. There are alsoclose to 100 longstanding ranching families whose lands and livelihoods, customs and culture, will be irreparablycompromised in a taking of their property and rights by the federal government. Their losses alone heavily outweighthe purported revenues associated with increased tourism resulting from the national monument designation.Hopefully, the management planning process to be undertaken by the Bureau of Land Management for the

national monument will provide the opportunity for the citizens of Doña Ana County to provide the input they havebeen denied thus far. I would also hope that the process would merit an Environmental Impact Statement, given themajor issues which need to be fully addressed, instead of an Environmental Assessment such as what is being under-taken on the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument in northern New Mexico and is a less thorough process. Ifyou’re prone to self-aggravation, as I frequently am, you might want to read the scoping report summarizing publiccomments received about how the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument should be managed. Many of the com-ments pertain to issues which have absolutely nothing to do with the management of a national monument, whichonce again proves that a legislative process is more responsible than environmental activism.In another case of governmental overreach the United States Forest Service in the Sacramento Ranger District of

the Lincoln National Forest has decided to fence off an area of stream which has historically served as a watering placefor cattle. The fencing project, which still allows for access to deer and elk is ostensibly meant to both create and pro-tect habitat for the New Mexico Meadow Jumping Mouse. As of this writing the mouse species in question has neitherbeen listed as a threatened nor endangered species, nor does it have any designated critical habitat. What’s even worse,the forest service is preventing the allotment owner from legally accessing their private water right, and is using thatwater for their own purposes, and illegally, in my opinion. On a much more positive note, I wanted to let you know that Emily Ferranti of Datil, and recent recipient of a

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SHEEPMAN OF THE YEAR

Mike CasabonneMike Casabonne

2013

“R anching today is avery challenging

environment. I don’tknow anyone who’s bet-

ter equipped to meetthose challenges than my

brother. He’s alwayslearning and dealing with

his ranching operationwhile staying abreast ofrelevant public policy

issues that others ignoreat their peril.”

–Tim Casabonne

M ike Mike Casabonne handlesthe pile of wool with surehands. He knows its grade and

staple length at a glance and can estimatethe yield of clean wool by the feel andweight of the fleece between his fingers.He has handled thousands of such fleeces,his own and those produced by his neigh-bors and friends. With his hands busyskirting the fleece, his mind stays busy. Heneeds to check the pipeline on the east sideof the ranch. Water levels are low and hecan’t afford to lose a tank. Boundary fencesneed to be ridden, because keeping coyotesout of the flock is the first priority. There isa mechanical problem in the feed pickup.If he gets the Super Cub out at first light,he can check waters before he runs intotown for a meeting.His mind returns to the shearing barn,

where the heavy winter coats are beingsheared off of his ewes and his friends,family and neighbors are helping skirt,class and bale the fleeces. Family is here,his son and daughter and nieces andnephews, cousins and aunts and uncles. Soare neighbors, the men and women who,like him, make their living from the landand the livestock.Amid the noise and controlled chaos of

the shearing shed, Mike is at home. Hegrew up in the shearing shed. He learnedin the pastures, from the saddle and at thefamily dinner table. He absorbed the loreof the stockman from the previous genera-tion and in turn has taught his childrenthe tenets of stewardship and service. Itwas a surprise to no one but him whenMike Casabonne was named the Sheep-man of the Year by the New Mexico WoolGrowers, Inc. (NMWGI).The quiet, modest man from Hope was

surprised when a gathering of Wool Grow-ers in Roswell honored him as their

that carried those ancestors through theGreat Depression and two World Wars stillcourses through Mike’s body. The bloodran true as he volunteered time andresources to better his community, hisfamily and agriculture. Hope beat in tunewith his heart as he waged war against thepredators who were slowly killing the NewMexico sheep industry.It was only three generations ago, just

over 100 years, when Mike’s grandfather,Jack Casabonne, and his brother Peteimmigrated to America. The year was 1907and Jack was 17 years old. AnotherFrenchman gave Pete and Jack their startherding sheep in the Artesia area. Justthree years later, in 1910, Felix Cauhape,Mike’s maternal grandfather, left Lescunto come to America and make a life as asheep rancher. Felix corresponded withMarie Rose, a young girl from his village,and proposed marriage through the mail.Marie Rose left the green, beautiful villageat the age of 27 to join her intended in theharsh, unforgiving landscape of New Mex-ico territory.Over the next 100 years, the Cauhape

and Casabonne families raised sheep, cowsand kids near the small village of Hope,New Mexico. Jack’s son, George, marriedFelix and Marie Rose’s daughter, MarieElizabeth. George and Marie Elizabeth seta standard of production efficiency thatthe rest of the New Mexico sheep industrytried to emulate. The Casabonne flocksconsistently had a 115 to 125 percent lambcrop and a reputation wool clip.George and Marie Elizabeth’s four chil-

dren learned by doing. Memories of thoseyears include fun times in the shearingshed and dogie lambs on the back porch.Mike knew, from an early age, that he

Sheepman of the Year. Though he hasspent countless hours – and driven evenmore miles – to provide leadership in thesheep business, his community and all ofNew Mexico’s ag industry, his service is soinnate that he doesn’t realize how muchhe gives to the rest of agriculture.

The blood of a stockman

Truly, in Mike Casabonne courses theblood of a stockman. Generations ofCasabonnes on both sides of the AtlanticOcean have cared for livestock. It is theblood that caused three of Mike’s grand-parents to leave a village in the PyreneesMountains of Southwestern France, crossan ocean and a continent, and tend live-stock in the territory of New Mexico. Thetenacity, hope, and stubborn optimism

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wanted to be numbered among the menand women who fed the world.

Young blood

After graduation from high school,Mike pursued a degree in Animal Sciencefrom New Mexico State University. He paidhis way through college by playing guitar

about being a sheepman. But Mike wantedto learn more about the lamb feeding partof the business, so after graduation fromNMSU he loaded all his belongings in a carand drove to Wyoming to work for the YORanches, a cutting-edge, vertically inte-grated sheep operation. “They were goingto haul in hay and grain and ship outboxed, frozen lamb.” Mike said. “It would

for Shelly Gaye and the Nightlifers. Themoney was good and the band got to wearpolyester suits for their gigs, but whenMike expressed his desire to further hislivestock skills as a part of the LivestockJudging Team, the band became part ofhistory.The Casabonne family had always run

sheep on pasture and sold their feederlambs in the fall, and George had taughtMike everything the young man knew

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have been quite a deal if it had worked, butlike so many good ideas, funding wasdepleted before the operation really got offthe ground.”But young Casabonne had attracted the

attention of Dr. Dewey Brown, one of thetop feedlot veterinarians in the country.Dr. Brown invited Mike to work for him ina lamb feeding facility near Greeley, Col-orado. Mike stayed with the Browns fortwo years and got a first-hand look at thedifferent management systems of variousfeedlots and learned philosophies andmanagement practices which he still uses.Mike returned to New Mexico to help at

the Casabonne home place. His Aunt Mad-lyn Cauhape was president of the NewMexico Wool Growers in the late 1970s andshe put Mike on the Wool Show Commit-tee. “That was how I got started in WoolGrowers stuff,” he reminisced. “I wasn’tsmart enough to know that if you areyoung and show an interest, they will stickyou on everything.”Madalyn was also a Cattle Grower and

did a lot of traveling to represent theindustry. “She would ask me to drive herto a Livestock Board meeting or a Cattle

Growers meeting,” Mike remembers. “Shewas getting me involved in some thingsthat ended up being a big part of my lifefrom then on. She was a big influence onme.”Another individual who changed Mike’s

life was Lloyd Treat, who ranched north-west of Hope. One day, Lloyd invited theMike to come over and talk to him. Lloydand Ethel had no children, and Lloyd saidthat if Mike was still interested in finding aplace of his own, he would be willing totalk to him.“I put together some figures and came

over and shared them with Lloyd. He said,

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WE APPRECIATEYOU MIKE.Honoring you as

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been a great personalfriend and a true and hard-working fighter for the industry.

We are honored to honor you!

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. . .Mike Casabonneand Pete Gnatkowski

classing the woolin the Casabonne

shearing barn. Peteand Mike roomed

together in college.As sheepmen, theyand several other

sheepmen traveled toshearings to help

sort, grade and classtheir clips.

‘That looks pretty good. Here is what weare going to do. I’m not ready to sell yet,but I want you to go home and figure out alease deal.’”Mike went home and figured a lease and

came back to present his figures to Lloyd.Lloyd again said, “That looks pretty good.Here is what we are going to do.”Lloyd offered Mike a lease on the place

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at a square dance. In a few years, Kamimade the couple a family. Later, Kellencompleted the family. As they raised theirfamily, Mike and Dwanna watched theyears go by in a blur of shearings andcounty fairs, family gatherings andreunions of friends disguised as a markingor a lamb working. Through it all, familyinvolvement in the sheep business was aconstant. At his last shearing, Mike’s fathernoted that all of his grandchildren wereworking together in the big barn, skirtingwool.Kami and Kellen both showed sheep.

When Kami started high school and tookon sports and FFA activities, theCasabonnes bought a little house in Arte-sia where Dwanna and the kids lived dur-ing the week. “They would get home toolate and leave too early if they tried to par-ticipate from the ranch,” Mike noted. “Itwas the only way the kids could beinvolved in high school activities.”Dwanna took a job, which she held 12years, to get both Kami and Kellenthrough college without debt. WhenKellen graduated, he moved home to theranch on the Felix River. Kellen spent two

slowly, “If it hadn’t been for Lloyd, I would-n’t have had a chance to get started,” hecommented. “I always believed that Lloydthought A.C. Hendricks had done him afavor by selling the ranch to him when hewas young, and he wanted to do the samefor me.”Another life-changing mentor was

Mike’s uncle Felix Cauhape,who had three daughters whoweren’t interested in flying anda son who was too young tolearn. Felix was a superb pilotwho told his nephew that if hewanted to fly, he would supplythe plane. Felix not onlytaught Mike to fly a Super Cub,but soloed him over the ranchbefore an instructor would lethim solo in town. Mike put theplane to good use on theranch, checking waters, count-ing sheep and killing coyotes.“We couldn’t kill all the coy-otes from the Super Cub, but ithelped,” Mike commented.In the rare moments that the

young rancher wasn’t working,he enjoyed square dancing andmet Dwanna, his future wife,

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seasons as the lead saw on the BonnevilleHot Shot crew, fighting fires with the bestof the best before he moved home back tothe Felix River. Mike says Kellen is now theforeman of the Treat ranch and Mike is justhis helper.

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Mike purchased livestock as well as landfrom Lloyd Treat and continued toimprove the flock, which was based on aColumbia cross with Debouillet bloodinfused. In an average year the Casabonnesmarked a 102 to 105 percent lamb cropand weaned an 80 to 85 pound feeder.Mike is known as a man who studies

and isn’t afraid to try new things. He wason the wool council when they started theskirting and grading program and was oneof the first to implement the program onhis own ranch. “When we started prepar-ing it properly, prices started edging up toAustralian clean price levels,” he noted. “Idon’t think that would have happened ifwe hadn’t started classing and grading andbaling our wool according to internationalstandards. Competition is the name of thegame. When you sort your good stuff fromyour bad stuff, it will be to your advantage.The warehouse can sell better if the growerhas graded, sorted and baled his wool.”Neighbors and friends from sheep out-

fits hundreds of miles away shared thelabor of classing and baling wool, oftentraveling from ranch to ranch followingthe shearers. “It was a lot of work,” notedMike. “But it was a lot of fun.”Pete Gnatkowski was Mike’s roommate

in college and came often to help class thewool. “Mike was one who did a lot of workto improve New Mexico’s wool clip,” notedPete. “He brought over an Australian woolbaler and a classer to show us how to sortthe wool into uniform lots which wouldsell better as a more uniform product.That helped everyone.”The concept of selling lambs directly to

the retailer was being done by New Mexicoproducers twenty years ago, again becauseof Mike’s leadership. Fellow sheepmanSteve Lewis noted “Mike had this group ofproducers raising range raised lambs andselling those lambs to Wynn Dixie in thesoutheastern United States. Everyone isdoing it now, but Mike was the one that gotus started 20 years ago.” Mike, with typicalmodesty, wanted to make sure that Steve

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up to did things for others,” Mike com-mented. “My Dad was on boards andbelieved in doing your part and supportingthe ones who support the industry. I knewthat I wanted to be a rancher like theseguys that I grew up respecting, and Iwanted to give back, because that is whatmakes life worthwhile.”Mike has served as both president and

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Wool Growers president when Wool Grow-ers and Cattle Growers met together as aJoint Stockman’s convention, the secondtime ever and the first time since 1917.Mike also serves on the board of direc-

tors of the Penasco Valley Telephone Coop-erative and First American Bank in Artesiaand served two terms on the ArtesiaSchool Board.The old saying, “If you want something

done, ask a busy man,” is appropriatewhen applied to Mike. “Most people don’trealize how busy ranchers are,” notedMike’s brother, Tom. “Mike is always work-ing on livestock, machinery, wells, book-keeping, or something else. But he alsomakes time to be active in livestock andgrazing organizations. It is a big priorityfor him that ranchers work together fortheir own good.”“He is a selfless person who is always

willing to do anything that would help theindustry or the community,” noted PeteGnatkowski. “If he has a fault, it would bethat he can’t say no to people who need hishelp.”Rosemary Shafer, Mike’s sister, noted,

“Mike stays well informed on legislativeissues related to agriculture and has theability to clarify complex and confusingissues for others with an understandableexplanation.”“He has good judgment,” Rosemary

added. “He reminds me of our Dad becausehe seems to always know the right answerto most any question on most any topic.”Mike’s peers agree. Bebo Lee has had

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Mike purchased Lloyd Treat’s sheep when he bought the ranch. Most New Mexico sheepmencrossed the fine-wool Delaine with Columbia and Rambouille and some black-faced sheep toget a fine-wool, dual purpose sheep. Mike bought a lot of his bucks from the Cauhape place.

many occasions to work with Mike on pub-lic land issues. “I am always impressed byhow well-spoken and articulate Mike is,”Bebo stated. “He can make his point verywell to whomever he is talking. I am notsaying that Mike is comfortable going outinto the public, I’m just saying that he iswell equipped. And he does it. That takesaway time from his family and his businessand everything else, yet he remains willingto do it.”Lewis Derrick is another rancher who

got to know Mike because both showed upat meetings dealing with issues of water orfederal lands. Lewis has been impressed byMike’s calm assessment of situations. “He

Wool Growers Association into the Ameri-can Sheep Producers Association. It tooklots of meetings and lots of phone calls.Mike had to be gone from home. “The kidswere little,” he remembers. “It was a lot ofwork, but Dwanna and the kids handled it.They always took care of stuff here at homewhen I had to be elsewhere.”David Kincaid grew up hearing his

cousin call Mike’s parents “Uncle Georgeand Aunt Lizzie” so David called them bythose names as well. David has neighboredwith Mike, run sheep on the same land,and been as close as “almost family” all hislife. “Mike is more diplomatic when deal-ing with the public than I am,” Davidstated. “He is fair in his dealings and prettyconscientious about what he does. I don’tknow how he finds the time he does towork on some of the stuff he does and stilltake care of his business.”“Mike just wants to make things better

for everyone,” Pete Gnatkowski continued.“He doesn’t really expect any credit forwhat he does. He is just interested in help-ing. He is progressive as far as new ideasthat might work. He also is one of thoseguys who thinks about stuff. Everyone hasa lot of confidence in his judgment, whichis why he wound up on so many boards.”

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After three generations of raising sheepon American soil, the Casabonne namewas forever linked with sheep. But allacross the Land of Enchantment, coyoteswere eating sheepmen out of business, andas they focused on predators on one pas-ture, they took immeasurable losses some-where else. At the end of the 20th century,one by one, the big ranches that had forthe last 100 years each run thousands ofewes were forced out of the sheep busi-ness.

is quiet a lot of the time but when hespeaks, he has a lot to say and makessense,” Lewis stated. “He doesn’t just rep-resent himself. He does it for other people.He protects the industry as a whole.”

Steve Lewis has not only bought Mike’slambs for years, but also appreciatedMike’s leadership. “Mike is just the bestguy ever. He is one of the best ranchers wehave in New Mexico, a top livestock man, agood family man, and a strong politicalman. He takes care of all the politicalissues, his family and his ranch, and he hasa lot of country to take care of. So he is justa whipping and a spurring every day.”Mike served New Mexico as Wool Grow-

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the men who had defined themselves assheepmen remembered that they hadalways been, and still are, stockmen.“Mike made the change that had to be

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Casabonne’s commitment to rural life. Hestill stewards the land and helps his neigh-bor and leads the way with a studious

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Judge Kirby Benedict (1809-1874) wasone of the most colorful characters inTerritorial New Mexico. Born in Connecticut, Benedict prac-

ticed law in Illinois in the 1840s duringwhich he rode the judicial circuit with

part of a judge, with his habitual taciturnexpression, his backbone ramrod stiff, anda wavy beard that spilled onto his chest.”He also had a crippled right hand, theresult of a wound from a bowie knife. Eventhough he had difficulty in writing, he dis-tinguished himself by his lyrical pro-nouncements from the bench.In one 1854 case which involved some

questionable documents, allegedly stolen,in a land grant adjudication case, the jus-tice asked: “How, and when did, it [thegrant document] desert its secure abode,among the archives of El Paso, and sepa-rated from its companions upon the shelf,wander like a bird, from the arik [ark] ofher safety, to be found lost & floating,upon the revolutionary ocean, which theimagination of the defendant, has picturedin his answer?”Then there was the occasion when

Benedict was holding court in Las Vegas(New Mexico) at a time when the territory’sordinance against gambling was beingstrictly enforced. The Grand Jury returneda long list of indictments for gamblinginfractions against many of the territory’smost upstanding citizens, including sev-eral members of the bar. Most appeared andpromptly paid the statutory $50 fine. Oneof them, Tom Catron, intended to embar-rass the judge by pointing out that he, thejudge, was known to engage in poker play-ing on a regular basis. As the courtprocessed those accused, the sheriff readout the names, and at last he called, “KirbyBenedict, for gambling.”The judge promptly stood and listened

as the sheriff read the indictment. “KirbyBenedict enters a plea of guilty,” he saidloudly, and then added, “and the courtassesses his fine at $50 and cost; and, whatis more, Kirby Benedict will pay it.” TomCatron subsequently plead guilty, too.But legend holds that Benedict’s most

famous pronouncement came at the con-clusion of 1864 murder trial in Taos. Thedefendant was accused of brutally killingblacksmith Julian Trujillo. The judge issupposed to have said this upon convictionof the accused:“José Maria Martin, stand up! José

Maria Martin, you have been indicted,

Abraham Lincoln. President FranklinPierce appointed Benedict to the New Mex-ico bench in 1853 and he kept his seatthrough the administrations of JamesBuchanan and Lincoln. “Physically, Kirby Benedict looked the

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tried and convicted by a jury of your coun-trymen of the crime of murder, and thecourt is now about to pass upon you thedread sentence of law. As a usual thing,José Maria Martin, it is a painful duty forthe judge of a court of justice to pro-nounce upon a human being the sentenceof death. There is something horribleabout it, and the mind of the court natu-rally revolts from the performance of sucha duty; happily, however, your case isrelieved of all such unpleasantness, andthe court takes positive delight in sentenc-ing you to death.“You are a young man, José Maria Mar-

tin, apparently of good physical constitu-tion and robust health. Ordinarily youmight have looked forward to many yearsof life, and the court has no doubt youhave, and have expected to die at a greenold age, but you are about to be cut off asthe consequence of your own act. JoséMaria Martin, it is now the spring time; ina little while the grass will be springing upin this beautiful valley, and on these broadmesas and mountains sides, flowers will beblooming; birds will be singing the sweetcarols, and nature will be putting on hermost gorgeous and most attractive robes,

There was a movement to removeBenedict from the bench for drunkennessin the mid-1860s, and a petition was pre-sented to President Lincoln to do so. Lin-coln, however, was not moved to do so. Hewrote: “. . . Benedict drunk knows morelaw than all other judges in New Mexico. Ishall not disturb him.”In the early 1870s, Benedict became

embroiled in some controversy with theTerritorial Supreme Court and he was sus-pended from the practice of law. In Janu-ary 1874 he petitioned the Court thus: “Ipresent this petition to your honors in thespirit of confession, respect, obedience andsupplication. I confess to have committedagainst this court, its dignity and judges,disorder, improprieties and contempts[sic] for which I should be punished . . . Inow come as a supplicant and sincerelycrave the pardon and forgiveness of yourhonors . . .”The Court declined to restore Benedict

to practice. He died on February 27, 1874.

Selected sources:West Gilbreath, Death on the Gallows: The Story ofLegal Hangings in New Mexico, 1847-1923William A. Keleher. The Fabulous FrontierHoward R. Lamar. The Far Southwest, 1846-1912Miguel Antonio Otero. My Life on the Frontier (1864-82)Marc Simmons. Albuquerque, A Narrative HistoryRobert J. Torrez, Bar Journal, Sept./Oct. 1996

and life will be pleasant and men will wantto stay; but none of this is for you, JoséMaria Martin; the flowers will not bloomfor you, José Maria Martin, the birds willnot carol for you, José Maria Martin; whenthese things come to gladden the senses ofmen, you will be occupying a space aboutsix by two beneath the sod, and the greengrass and those beautiful flowers will begrowing above your lowly head.”(Another part of this legend holds that

Martin escaped jail and was not recapturedand was thus not executed. Not so. He washanged at Taos on May 13, 1864.)For all of the elegance of the pro-

nouncement of the sentence—and there ismuch more to it—it is unlikely that Bene-dict ever spoke the words. Former NewMexico State Historian Robert J. Torrezhas tried in vain to locate any official doc-ument which contains the speech. Thisseems to be a case where legend hasbecome, more or less, fact.Judge Benedict had two character

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Ihope everyone had a chance to attendthe mid year meeting. I would especiallylike to thank Janet Todd of Canyon Cow-

belles for her kind invitation to their Junemeeting.I hope that there will be a chance of

showers for you as you read this edition. Irecently attended the ANCW Region VIMeeting held in Lake Tahoe and they arejust as dry. I also learned that their watersource in that particular valley is depen-dent upon the snow melt off. WOW, federallands may certainly be our issue but itseems as though their private lands take ahuge hit, too. I guess it’s just not right topursue agriculture in any state you are in.Oh, but also remember by 2055 AGRICUL-TURE will be feeding 3x our current popu-lation or maybe China will feed us. I alsolearned the huge number of exports toChina of our alfalfa . . . hmmm makes mereally question things. The most interest-ing point of all was remember 3.4 percentis exactly all of the green house gas that

scholarship this year to Quaid Muncy. Thegroup agreed to again donate $100 to theAmerican Legion to be used to purchasebeef jerky which will be sent to the troops.Beef tickets were distributed to memberspresent. Meeting adjourned at 12:10 p.m.Submitted by Cathy PierceThe Chuckwagon CowBellesmet in Jar-

ales, with 16 members present. The Cow-Belle Invocation, Pledge of Allegiance, andthe CowBelle Creed were recited. Toni Bar-row presented the glass work that JackAnderson created for Chuckwagon. Therewas discussion about the All-Indian Live-stock conference at the Route 66 Casinothis week. It was decided that the groupwould pay the hotel bills for members whowork at the conference. The mid-yearmeeting is June 8 and 9 in Las Cruces. Tonialso mentioned that the 5-States meetingwill be on October 1, 2014 in Clayton. Shecalled for silent auction items for the mid-year meeting. Carolyn Chance is willing totake any items collected to Las Cruces. Thegroup is praying for Jackie Brown. Therewas discussion June Beef Month and thegroup decided to donate $50 to CopperRose Hospice Home in honor of JackieBrown. It was also decided that the groupwill raffle off the beautiful glass engravingthat Jack Anderson made, with the ticketsat $1 each, or $5 for 6 tickets and the groupwill reimburse Toni Barrow for expenses($30) surrounding the raffle. The raffle willtake place at the mid-year meeting in 2015.The Chuckwagon CowBelles decided todonate $50 to the Pat Nowlin Scholarshipfund in memory of Wynema Tully, Toni’smother. There was discussion about dona-tions to FFA. Patsy Fitzgerald will look intowho is most worthy within the district toreceive this money. It was decided that thismoney go to FFA state officers from the dis-trict for their travel, and not to the school’sgeneral fund. The next meeting will be atElaine Aschbacher’s home. Meetingadjourned at 1:50 p.m. Respectfully sub-mitted by Babbi BakerBy unanimous vote at the May meeting,

the Powderhorn CowBelles of De Baca and

livestock emit; pretty small considering ittakes four short days for China’s fuel emis-sions to cover that valley in Tahoe andmost of California.– Maddy

The meeting of the Chamiza Cow-Belles was called to order at 11:05a.m. by President Gloria Petersen in

the atrium of the Elephant Butte Inn withseven members present. The group recitedthe Pledge of Allegiance, the CowbellePrayer and the Cowbelle Creed led byNancy Phelps. Gloria announced that thebeef tickets are ready for distribution. Sheand Cathy held a work day to get themnumbered, stapled, and perforated. Thanksto all those who helped serve lunches tothe school children during Ag Day, and toGloria who “manned” the Kids and Kowsbooth. Six scholarship applications hadbeen received. The applications werereviewed and graded by all present at thismeeting. The majority voted to award our

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Guadalupe Counties became the Powder-horn CattleWomen. The move comes 28years after the American National Cow-Belles (ANCB) became the AmericanNational CattleWomen (ANCW) on Janu-ary 28, 1986. The last ANCB President said,“As American National CattleWomen, wewill be immediately recognized as theorganized women’s sector of the cattleindustry.” Powderhorn’s Dorothy Vaughanwas ANCW President in 1988. Powder-horn’s May beef promotion activitiesincluded the donation of ground beef forthe Fort Sumner Elementary HonorsHamburger Fry and participation in Kids,Kows and More in Santa Rosa. Jim andCarol Thorpe provided bumper stickers forgroup to distribute which read, “Every Dayis Earth Day for American Agriculture.”Several members purchased New MexicoCowBelle napkins to use in their personalbeef promotion efforts. Plans were final-ized for the Old Fort Days BBQ held eachJune in Fort Sumner. Active and inactivemembers alike help with this event of beefpromotion, fund raising and communityservice. The annual BBQ funds scholar-ships for students from Fort Sumner,Vaughn and Santa Rosa. This year $500

grounds. Each member is to donate fourpies. These can be brought early to theExtension office if the member is unable togo to the fairgrounds the morning of thepie sale. Pies should be fruit or pecan withno dairy products. Workers for the piebooth need to be there by 9:30 a.m. on July4. New Mexico CowBelles midyear meetingwill be held in Las Cruces on June 8-10.Registration must be in by June 2.Kathryn Malcom-Callis will donate a doorprize for Lariat CowBelles. AbrahmShapiro will be attending the Ranch Man-agement Camp this year. Lariat CowBelleswill donate $50 toward his registration.Lariat CowBelle Joyce Sowers and TerryMartin of the Union County Leader areworking on a promotion project for JuneBeef Month. The guest speaker was BrianMoore. He gave an interesting presenta-tion on changes in the grocery business,and the history of Clayton’s Ranch Market.Submitted by Marianne Rose Lariat Cow-Belle Reporter

New Mexico CowBelles: Thank you toall who have submitted their news to Jin-gle Jangle. Please send minutes and/ornewsletters to Jingle Jangle, Janet Witte,1860 Foxboro Ct., Las Cruces, NM 88007or email: [email protected] the 14th ofeach month. �

scholarships were given to Taylor Riggins,Brendon Lee and Joshua Flores. Submit-ted by Karen Kelling, Secretary

Lariat CowBellesMay News 2014. With13 members present, Lariat CowBellesmet on May 14, at the Rabbit Ears Café.Diane Mason was hostess. Donations madeby Lariat members for the scholarshipfund total $96 and for Mother’s andFather’s Day total $150. A thank you notewas received from Mindy Turner for Lariatsponsorship of the 4H Home Ec School.There were four attendees from UnionCounty. Lariats sponsored a drawing for aMother’s Day $100 Beef Certificate atRanch Market. There were 671 entrees.The winner was Annette Sisneros, who wasentered by her mother. The event was cov-ered live by KLMX radio and the UnionCounty Leader. It is time again for applica-tions for the Lariat CowBelle scholarship.It is open to any sophomore or senior whois entering a major in agriculture or familyand consumer sciences. The applicantmust be a graduate of a Union County highschool or equivalent. June is Beef Month.Ranch Market will be holding a drawingfor a grill and Lariat CowBelles will bedonating $50 worth of steaks to go with it.Lariats will have their annual pie booth atthe 4th of July barbecue at the fair-

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My column this month covers monuments,mice, wild horses and Gandhi

Another anti-rancher monument

On May 21, 2014 President Obamaissued a proclamation to create the500,000 acre Organ Mountains-

Desert Peaks National Monument. Unfor-tunately it contained the same bad grazinglanguage as was used in the Rio Grande delNorte National Monument.The proclamations say grazing can con-

tinue but it must be “consistent” with thepurposes of the monument, in other wordswildlife, recreation, science and so on. AsI’ve written before, this sets up a dual man-agement system where the items listed aspurposes become the dominant use, whilegrazing becomes subservient. This consis-tency language is a relatively new phe-

The tale of two UdallsI’m not the only one concerned about

the negative impact on grazing a monu-ment designation will bring. On the same day Senator Tom Udall

introduced his legislation (S. 1805) to des-ignate the monument, his cousin, SenatorMark Udall (D-Colo.) introduced legisla-tion (S. 1794) to do the same in Colorado.His approach to grazing is far differentthan New Mexico’s Udall.First, grazing is mentioned in the Find-

ings section with the following language:permanently protecting the valuesdescribed in paragraph (1) while sustain-ing the local ranching economy wouldenhance the economic prosperity of localcommunities that depend on the areaThen he includes grazing in the Pur-

poses section with this language:to sustain traditional uses in the BrownsCanyon area, including hunting, angling,livestock grazing, commercial outfitting,and boatingAnd in the Management section he has

the following language on grazing:. . . the laws (including regulations) andpolicies followed by the Secretary con-cerned in issuing and administering graz-ing permits or leases for the NationalMonument shall continue to apply in thesame manner as on the day before thedate of enactment of this Act. (ii) Effect of designation.–There shall beno curtailment of grazing in the NationalMonument or Wilderness simply becauseof a designation under this Act. (iii) Adjustments.–Any adjustments in thenumbers of livestock permitted to graze inthe National Monument or Wildernessshall be based on revisions in the normalgrazing and land management planningand policy setting process, giving consid-eration to legal mandates, range condi-tion, and the protection of range resourcesfrom deterioration.That’s pretty strong wording and you

won’t find the “consistency” languagebecause livestock grazing is listed as one of

nomenon. For instance there was no con-sistency language in President Clinton’sproclamation creating the huge GrandStaircase-Escalante National Monument.However, the enviros weren’t winningsome of their lawsuits against grazing inmonuments so the consistency languagehas been added. All of this has beenexplained to Senators Udall and Heinrich,but to no avail.They have now hit the northern and

southern parts of New Mexico and thoseliving in other areas of the state better getready. The New Mexico WildernessAlliance has identified over three millionacres they want to see “protected” andPresident Obama, while signing this mostrecent proclamation said, “And I am notfinished.”

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the purposes.The Colorado Udall wants to protect

special lands, but do so in a manner thatalso protects ranching and the local econ-omy, while the New Mexico Udall wants todesignate monuments and wilderness andis apparently unconcerned about the nega-tive impacts on our ranching families.

Ratones sí, ganado noWhat’s the big deal about a measly 23

acres in a 200 cow outfit? Well, it’s a darnbig deal when it controls your access towater.On the Lincoln National Forest the feds

have put a pipe fence around the banks ofthe Agua Chiquita to protect a riparianarea and habitat for the meadow jumpingmouse. In response, the Otero CountyCommission passed a resolution instruct-ing the County Sheriff to “immediatelytake steps to remove or open gates that areunlawfully denying citizens access to theirprivate property rights.” That made thenational news and resulted in a meeting inthe U.S. Attorney’s office in Albuquerque.According to Blair Dunn, the attorney

representing Otero County, the meetingwas a disappointment. “It was very frus-trating for the sheriff and the county com-missioners to go all that way, have thatmeeting in good faith, and nobody in thatroom from the federal government everhad any intention of compromising,” saidDunn. Otero County CommissionerRonny Rardin indicated the dispute is farfrom over saying, “Ultimately, it is incum-bent upon the commission, the sheriff andthe citizens of Otero County to stand upfor our constitutional rights.” Congress-man Pearce says, “These disputes could beeasily avoided if federal bureaucrats wouldstick to their constitutional oath andrespect property rights” and Gary Stone,President of the local cattlemen’s associa-tion says, “If we let them take over ourwater rights, that’s the first step. Then wewould have nothing left here.”A Forest Service official has explained

the fence was authorized using the NEPAprocess and to even open the gate theywould have to repeat the lengthy planningdocument. If the Forest Service reallywanted that gate open you can bet theFONSI would have already been completedand filed. In the meantime, Otero County Sheriff

Benny House says he will continue hisinvestigation to determine if the ForestService broke any state laws.

Wild horses & wild ridesIn Utah and Nevada there are con-

tentious issues over wild horses, accessroads and livestock grazing.Utah ranchers are suing BLM for not

removing the prescribed number ofhorses, which are denuding the range andcausing all sorts of resource damage. Theyare doing so with the backing of two coun-ties, state wildlife officials and the Gover-nor. One county commissioner says BLM’srecent proposal to remove 200 horses is a“joke”.Another Utah county commissioner

has fired up his ATV to take a ride on a roadthe BLM claims is on their land and hasclosed. He and an estimated fifty otherprotesters did this in spite of BLM’s threatto prosecute.In Nevada, Elko County Commissioner

Grant Gerber is reacting to BLM’s order tonot allow livestock grazing on selectedallotments for all of 2014. He is organizinga “Grass March” where individuals onMemorial Day weekend will ride theirhorses over a seventy mile trek from Elkoto Battle Mountain. Gerber says the “GrassMarch” is patterned after Gandhi’s “SaltMarch” in the 1930s. Gerber explains the

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NMSU Extension horse specialistwarns of heat-related illness

Summer is the primary season for manyequine competitions, and intense exer-cise coupled with a high ambient tem-

perature can quickly put a horse in the dan-ger zone of heat-related illness.“There are several things a person can

do to prevent their horse from developingheatstroke, or hyperthermia,” said JasonTurner, New Mexico State University’sExtension equine specialist. “The mostimportant things are to prepare your horsefor a heat stress environment and to beaware of your horse’s body temperaturewhile in that environment.”Heatstroke may occur when a horse’s

body temperature goes higher than thenormal rectal temperature range of 99 to100.5 degrees. The horse’s natural ther-

Clinical signs that the horse is experienc-ing heatstroke are elevated respiratory rateof 40 to 50 breaths per minute instead of thenormal 8 to 16; heart rate of 80 or morebeats per minute compared to the normalresting heart rate of 36 to 44 beats perminute; and a rectal temperature over 103º.“Hyperthermia most often occurs as a

result of inadequate physical conditioning,extreme hot and humid conditions, aweakened thermoregulatory system, or acombination of the three,” Turner said.“The heat index, which is the temperatureplus humidity, gives a means of assessingthe danger that extreme environmentalconditions pose to horses performingintense exercise in such an environment.”If the heat index is less than 130, which

occurs at 100 degrees and 30 percent rela-tive humidity, the horse’s built-in coolingmechanisms are usually capable of dissi-pating the excess body head generatedduring exercise.“However, when the heat index is greater

than 150, which occurs at 100 degrees and50 percent or higher relative humidity, thehorse will probably need assistance in orderto prevent heatstroke,” Turner said. “Own-ers should proceed cautiously when, or seekalternatives to, exercising horse in situa-tions where the heat index is greater than170 or the relative humidity is above 75 per-cent, since these conditions severely dimin-ish the effectiveness of the horse’s ther-moregulatory systems.“Prevention is the best medicine” also

goes for heat stress for horses. With ournormal low relative humidity, New Mex-ico’s arid climate is not usually a pre-dis-posing factor to heat stress in horses.However, one needs to consider the cli-mate at the competition location. Forexample, a New Mexico-trained horse thatis shipped to North Central Texas or Okla-homa in July or August is not acclimatedto that area. Environmental conditionsthere increase the likelihood of heat stressin horses not accustomed to the heat andhumidity.“If it is possible, avoid strenuous exer-

cise of horses when the heat index is nearthe danger zone,” Turner said. “This mayrequire adjusting your training or exerciseschedule to do intense work early in themorning or late at night when ambienttemperatures are lower.”If a horse must be worked in a heat

index situation, Turner suggest ownersview the NMSU Extension guide regardinghelping horses handle heat stress locatedon College of Agricultural, Consumer and

moregulatory mechanisms are capable ofmaintaining this normal body tempera-ture except when overwhelmed by severecircumstances, such as disease or intenseexercise in hot climates.“Heatstroke is a serious condition that

can be fatal if not dealt with quickly,” saidTurner. “There are several signs that thehorse is experiencing hyperthermia. Howthe horse is acting is one of the first visualsigns.”Is it lethargic? Is it sweating profusely?

Or is there an absence of sweating alto-gether? Perspiration is the way animalsreduce their body temperature when itincreases above a normal range. The sweatthat is produced evaporates and cools thebody surface.“Some horses may suffer from a condi-

tion called anhidrosis, a disorder wherethe horse does not sweat normally,”Turner said. “These horses are especiallyprone to hyperthermia if not managedappropriately. The specific cause ofanhidrosis is unknown; however, it isthought that there is a physiological defectat the level of the sweat gland that inhibitssweating. A veterinarian can perform diag-nostic tests that can confirm this condi-tion if the owner suspects their horsemight be afflicted.”

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Environmental Sciences website ataces.nmsu.edu/pubs/_b/b-711/welcome.html.“There are several means of relieving

heat stress,” Turner said. “The primarygoal is to lower the horse’s body tempera-ture as rapidly as possible, and this is doneby employing ‘active cooling’ methodsthat make the most efficient use of theheat loss mechanism that include evapora-tion, conduction, convection and radia-tion.”Those methods includes cool water

bathing, which can be done with a gardenhose or a sponge and bucket; increasingair flow by placing the horse in front of afan or in a natural breeze; shading by keep-ing the horse out of the sun; and drinkingcool water by giving the horse water torestore the body fluids lost in sweat.“Sweating results in a significant loss of

body fluid, so it is important to monitorthe horse and ensure that normal bodyfluid levels are maintained,” Turner said.“Horses that are moderately dehydrated, 4to 9 percent loss of body fluid, will showdecreased skin elasticity, poor capillaryrefill time of the gums, reduced saliva pro-duction, sunken eye sockets, muscle weak-ness and fatigue.” �

through domestic food assistance pro-grams.As the State Executive Director for the

New Mexico FSA, Manzanares will overseeall aspects of federal farm program deliv-ery for an agency that employs nearly 1700people and on average, issues more than$100 million annually in commodity, con-servation, disaster and credit benefits tofarmers and ranchers across the nation.Molly has served as a member of the

New Mexico Farm Service Agency StateCommittee since September of 2001.Molly is a native New Mexican who hasbeen involved in agriculture all her life.She grew up in a cattle ranching family. Inaddition to a mother cowherd, they ranstocker cattle seasonally in the high coun-try near Chama, New Mexico. Since 1998,Molly has been a licensed EMT-I andInstructor/Coordinator, volunteering withLa Clinica del Pueblo and working for theJicarilla Apache Nation in that capacity.After attending New Mexico State Uni-

versity and University of New Mexico,Molly married Antonio J. Manzanares, andthey started their own sheep ranchingoperation. They run one of the lastremaining herded bands in the state ofNew Mexico. On the ranch, they raisedfour children. �

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USDA Taps Molly Manzanares for Top Post in New Mexico

USDA, Farm Service Agency Adminis-trator, Juan M. Garcia hasannounced the appointment of

Molly Manzanares for State ExecutiveDirector (SED) of the USDA Farm ServiceAgency (FSA) in New Mexico. The Farm Service Agency administers

federal farm policy as laid out by Congressthrough a network of federal, state andcounty offices. New Mexico Farm ServicesAgency increased the opportunity for pro-ducers as a result of the 2014 Farm Bill.For more information, producers areencouraged to review the 2014 Farm BillFact Sheet, online or visit any USDA Ser-vice Center.FSA programs are designed to increase

economic opportunity and improve thequality of life for rural Americans. Some ofthe agency’s efforts include facilitatingincome support, disaster assistance andconservation programs, providing operat-ing loans for the procurement of farmequipment, seed and fertilizer, as well asoffering ownership loans to help new andveteran producers purchase a farm. FSAalso works to procure various commodi-ties to benefit low-income families

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Some may think this is my motto. Butit isn’t. Really. I am blessed to workfor and with the best people in the

world, both within the membership of theNew Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association(NMCGA) and in all the connections thatwe have from the Legislature to Congressand back.Part of the reason I enjoy the work so

much is that these folks are family. I cansee my grandparents, uncles, aunts andparents in them every day. Sometimes it isscary, but part of the raising was to learn totake the good with the bad.What is sometimes concerning is when

the fierce independence turns to just plainstubbornness including the refusal to rec-ognize that none of us are islands. Maybethe concept and the method to address a

“threaten” listing under the EndangeredSpecies Act (ESA). Not only did this actionNOT make the environmental communityhappy, but they have already filed a noticeof intent to sue because they want more.Or maybe you should visit with the

northern New Mexico ranchers along withthose in the Lincoln National Forest whoare facing cuts because of a meadow jump-ing mouse who hibernates for more thanhalf the year, but reportedly needs a 24inch stubble height to survive. Evenstranger is the fact that the U.S. Fish &Wildlife Service (FWS) thinks the criticalhabitat for the mouse ends at the fenceline of the Valles Caldera National Pre-serve.

particular situation are not how we wouldhave tackled the same task. But if a job isgetting done, why do we want to throwrocks at it?Rachel Thomas used to end all of her

emails with “just imagine what we can doif we don’t care who gets the credit.” Oneof my favorites has been “let’s circle thewagons and point the guns OUTWARD.”

WarpathThe federal government has taken dead

aim at New Mexico and its neighbors on allsides. If you have any doubt about this, justtalk to the folks on the East Side where,despite groundbreaking work and the firstever joint conservation by five states (NewMexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Col-orado), they are in a fight for their lives asa result of a lesser prairie chicken

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On the West Side folks have been suf-fering at the hands of federal predatorsthat will likely be shared with other partsof the state sooner rather than later. Adraft of an environmental impact state-ment (EIS) for the Mexican wolf isexpected in the next few months that willchange the rules of engagement for theprogram as well as a new “target” numberof the vicious beasts.Notice that I use the word “target,” not

recovery goal or delisting number. TheFWS has been unable develop a recoveryplan for the last 25 years. The number of100 was just a number used in the 1998EIS. We have learned that the numberreally didn’t/doesn’t mean anything. Thelatest recovery team effort hasn’t gatheredfor probably two years.How would you like to be living in Doña

Ana County where the President of theUnited States, with a stroke of a pen, choseto put the future of at least 95 families inDoña Ana County is in jeopardy? Those arejust the ranching families within theOrgan Mountains Desert Peaks NationalMonument. That doesn’t take into accountall the businesses those families support or

men organizations at the request of thefederal government. Don’t they know thehunters and fishermen will be next?More distressing is that we see little

protection of our rights coming from stateleaders. The Office of the State Engineerfor New Mexico is nowhere in sight.In this election year we hear a lot about

candidates who are so concerned aboutour water, our agricultural communityand our children. However, precious few ofthem are around for the fight when neces-sary. Please remember that as you helpcandidates in the months to come. Theyneed to understand that the issues we arefacing are not just about ranchers andfarmers — they are about eaters in thisstate, nation and world.

On The Other Hand . . .You can be proud of the leadership the

ranching community is demonstrating.May 31st ROR (Rally for our Rights) inAlamogordo drew “hundreds” of peopleaccording the media outlets who came.And they weren’t just the “locals.” Folksfrom all walks of life and from hundredsmiles away thought it was importantenough to be there. The ranchers were

the 9,000 head of cattle that are within thedesignation. There were 800 local busi-nesses who signed letters or petitionsopposing the designation. A non-scientificpoll conducted by the Las Cruces SunNews found that less than 50 percent ofthe folks in the area supported the action.The monument designation takes in500,000 acres. Many believe that it willtake another step in reducing border secu-rity as well. Needless to say the folks whoseland and livelihoods fall within the desig-nation are still trying to figure out whichend is up. Not far away in Otero Countyand the Lincoln National Forest the battlethat has raged for more than 20 years hasheated to a new level. Like many, manyother Western counties, the Otero CountyCommission is fed up with the federal gov-ernment harming people and eliminatingrural economic vitality. They have issuedan order for their sheriff to cut the locksoff the latest fence blocking water forranchers.Word is that the national public outcry

has not yet deterred the U.S. Forest Ser-vice that has notified a neighboring allot-ment owner that he can expect to have hiswater fenced off by the fall. Distressing isthe fact that the funding for these trans-gressions is coming from so-called sports-

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joined by county commissioners fromacross New Mexico as well as supervisorsfrom Arizona. Northern New Mexico wasrepresented as were the East and WestSides.One lady from Roswell planned her

weekend to be able to be at the OteroCounty Fairgrounds for the rally.Watching the popular media and the

internet also tells us we are not alone inthis war. County commissions and boardsof supervisors from Texas west and northare standing up for the rights of their citi-zens.Just because the feds may not be at your

doorstep today, you can be sure that itwon’t be long before they are. There will bemore gatherings to protest the culturalgenocide that is at hand. We are all toobusy to add one more things to our plate.But what will happen if we don’t?

WOTUSThe U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency has come down with yet anotherrulemaking that has the potential of con-trolling ALL water in the United States byre-defining “waters of the United States”— WOTUS. Never mind that the U.S.Supreme Court has ruled twice on thisissue. Never mind that Congress hasrefused to change this definition, this fed-eral administration is hell bent on impos-ing their will on the people.Jack Field, Lazy JF Cattle, Yakima,

Washington, testified on Capitol Hill inlate May on the matter. He told membersof the House Small Business committeethat the rule could make the standards ofthe USDA’s Natural Resource ConservationServices (NRCS) mandatory for any con-servation practices on a ranch accordingto Sarah Gonzalez, Agri-Pulse Communi-cations, Inc.With the proposed rule, EPA issued a

list of 56 agricultural conservation prac-tices that would be exempt from CleanWater Act (CWA) permits. However, Fieldsaid if a conservation practice does not fallwithin that list or is not done to NRCSstandards, it could fall outside the exemp-tion for farming and ranching. He pointed to a fence he built on his

ranch to create a riparian pasture. He didnot to follow NRCS specifications becauseof the extra cost involved. If the proposedrule had been in place, he would not haverisked being in violation of the CWA orinvested in seeking a CWA permit to buildit.Alan Parks, vice president of Memphis

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and Tom Woods, owner of Woods CustomHomes, Missouri, testified that the pro-posed rule would increase risks of lawsuitsagainst their businesses, cause construc-tion delays and boost permitting costs.They said they already face local and

state regulations for potential dischargeinto waterways associated with construc-tion. Representative Scott Tipton (R-CO)echoed several committee members’ senti-ments when he called the proposed rule“the greatest water grab by the federal gov-ernment in the history of the UnitedStates.”The only witness defending the pro-

posed rule was William Buzbee, the direc-tor of the Environmental and NaturalResources Law Program at Emory LawSchool in Atlanta. He said the law fallswithin the scope of rulemaking laid out bythe Supreme Court and actually cuts backon EPA jurisdiction.Representative Kurt Schrader (D-OR)

joined the majority on the committeewhen he called Buzbee’s testimony“incredulous.”“I don’t think anybody with a straight

face can say this is anything but a hugegrab of jurisdictional power at the end ofthe day,” Schrader said.Schrader has co-sponsored a letter with

Representative. Chris Collins (R-NY)signed by 231 House members asking EPAand the Army Corps of Engineers to with-draw the rule.The rule effectively removes the term

“navigable” from the CWAs’ definitionwith the phrase “significant nexus” thatcould extend government jurisdiction intoditches and ponds.Committee Chairman Sam Graved (R-

MO) sponsored a separate letter to EPAchief Gina McCarthy and Jo-Ellen Darcy,assistant secretary of the Army Corps, say-ing that the EPA did not conduct requiredassessments of the rule’s consequences onsmall businesses.They said the rule includes several

broadly-defined terms such as “adjacent,”“riparian area” and “tributary” that couldexpand the overall definition of “waters ofthe United States” to include many moresmall bodies of water. These expanded def-initions “may result in significant addedlegal and regulatory costs for small busi-nesses,” the lawmakers said in their letter.Testimony cited a report disparaging

the rule by University of California-Berkleyeconomist David Sunding. The report saysEPA used flawed methods to arrive atmuch lower economic costs of the pro-

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paign, the Missouri Farm Bureau pro-duced a parody video that has beenextremely popular on Twitter and othersocial media sites. In the video, Missourifarmers Andy and Kacey Clay, along withtheir children, point out how a dry ditchon their farm could be impacted by theproposed rule. The video is posted here:http://www.agri-pulse.com/Video-Ditch-the-Rule-EPA.aspThe comment deadline is in mid July.

We need EVERYONE in New Mexico tocomment. To that end, please watch theNew Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association(NMCGA) website www.nmagriculture.org,our Facebook pages, your mail and youremail to see help.

You may need to get out moreIf you think all of this is far-fetched, I

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Wendy Paul Glenn, 74, Douglas, Ari-zona passed away on May 3, 2014 inTucson following a short bout with can-cer. Wendy was born and raised at PaulSpur, Arizona. She attended DouglasHigh School and the Baldwin Schoolfor Girls, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.Wendy studied for a short time at theUniversity of Colorado before returninghome to marry Warner Glenn. Warnerand Wendy spent their 54 years of mar-riage ranching side by side. No workwas too hard or no day too long for thiswoman who was an all-around ranchcowgirl, a cattlewoman, a hunter and “aheck of a shot.” Wendy’s love of coun-try, heritage, history and family wereapparent in all that she embraced andaccomplished. Her true pioneer spiritcame through in her hard work anddedication to her life, her family andher friends. Wendy’s passion for arche-ology, history, preservation of the openlandscape she lived in and her familywere ever apparent. The thousands ofguests that crossed the Malpai Ranchthreshold throughout the years alwaysexperienced her gracious hospitality.Wendy is survived by her husbandWarner Glenn, son Cody (Mary Mar-giotta-Glenn), daughter Kelly (KerryKimbro), granddaughter Mackenzie,step-granddaughter Carisa Kimbro,step-grandson Kyle Kimbro, sister Bar-bara (husband, Mike) Chrisman and sis-ter-in-law Janet Glenn Varela.

Sue Johnson Melton, 57, Pinon,passed away on April 24, 2014 at herhome. Sue was born on December 6,1956 to Oliver H. Johnson and WilmothF. Newton Johnson in Roswell. Thefamily moved to the family ranch in1963. She spent her life helping on theranch. She graduated from Weed HighSchool in 1974. She was a member ofMayhill Baptist Church, Otero Countyand New Mexico Cattle Growers; sheserved as a board member for OteroCounty Farm Bureau. She enjoyed

leather crafting, gardening, her dogs,horses and cattle. She is survived by herhusband of 39 years, Bobby Melton; hersisters Dana Coupland (husband, Jack),Peggy Montgomery (husband, Danny),Kelly Hibbard (husband, Mitch) all ofPinon, and numerous nieces, nephewsand friends.

Chilton Anderson, 85, died peace-fully after a lengthy illness at the TaosRetirement Village in Taos. Born inPhiladelphia on March 10, 1929, heattended Putney School in Putney, Ver-mont and Rutgers University. He servedin the army as cellist with the SeventhArmy Symphony in Germany in the1950s. Chilton settled in Taos in 1955,bought a herd of Angus cattle, andbecame a ski instructor. In 1958 he metand married, Judith Pierson, and theyoperated the Anderson RegisteredAngus Ranch before retiring in 2005.The Andersons participated in manyshows and sales most notably inRoswell at the Annual NM Angus Showand Sale, and winning many awards foroutstanding cattle. Chilton and Judithwere inducted into the 1992 NM AngusAssociation Hall of Fame. He was afounder and Director of the Taos Schoolof Music from 1963 to 2006. In 2000,Chilton was awarded the Governor’sAward for Excellence in the Arts, and in2007 he was inducted into the NM SkiHall of Fame. He is survived by his wifeof 55 years, Judy; sons, Kenneth (wife,Paula), David (wife, Gail), and daughter,Kathleen Anderson Knox, one grand-son and one granddaughter.

Editor’s Note: Email [email protected] donations may be sent to the Cattle-growers’ Foundation, a 501(c)3, tax deductablecharitable foundation serving the rights of ranchfamilies and educating citizens on governmentalactions, policies and practices. CattlegrowersFoundation, Inc., P.O. Box 7517, Albuquerque,NM 87194. The New Mexico Stockman runsmemorials as a courtesy to its readers. If families& friends would like to see more detail, verbatimpieces must be emailed to us, & may be printedat 10¢ per word.

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[8] “Care of newborn lambs.” Sheep 201: A begin-ner’s guide to Raising Sheep.http://www.sheep101.info/201/newborns.html. 10March 2014.

a USDA licensed small ruminant specificcolostrum replacer within the first 18hours, a lamb-specific or kid-specific milkreplacer should be fed until weaning.For more information, visit

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[1] “Sheep management: Colostrum and health ofnewborn lambs.” Iowa State University Extension.June 1995. http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Publi-cations/PM989X12.pdf 18 February 2013.

[2] “Care of newborn lambs.” Sheep 201: A begin-ner’s guide to raising sheep.http://www.sheep101.info/201/newborns.html. 18February 2013.

[3] Schoenian, Susan. “Colostrum: Liquid Gold.”University of Maryland Extension.http://www.sheepandgoat.com/articles/colostrum.html. 18 February 2013.

[4] Schoenian, Susan. “Colostrum: Liquid Gold.”University of Maryland Extension.http://www.sheepandgoat.com/articles/colostrum.html. 18 February 2013.

[5] Nowak, R., and P. Poindron. From birth tocolostrum: Early steps to lamb survival. Reproduc-tive Nutrition Development. Volume 46, pp 431-446.2006. http://vetsci.co.uk/2012/01/23/the-impor-tance-of-colostrum-for-new-born-lamb/.

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Endangered Species Actto the American Land Owner?

by LOCKE ANN MCIVOR, FORT DAVIS HIGH SCHOOLSUL ROSS STATE UNIVERSITY

with its owner’s consent and by dueprocess such as sale or gift” (Par1). Itstates in this definition that private prop-erty can only be transferred if it is with theowner’s consent. That means, in actuality,that what the Endangered Species Act(ESA) is doing is wrong and border lineillegal.Are you wondering if the Endangered

Species Act has ever saved any animalfrom extinction? Well, after doing somecontinuous research, I have found thatsince 1973, when the act was put in place,no species has ever been taken off theendangered list; although some have beendowngraded to the threatened list. What itmeans to be threatened is that the speciesin the future could possibly becomeendangered. When the species is deemedthreatened, it still has the same treatmentas a species that is on the endangered list,so even though it is not endangered, it isstill treated that way.The Endangered species Act of 1973 has

done some good in saving animals, butwhat are the consequences of this act. Peo-ple are being put out of jobs due to theESA. The ESA has the power to take a per-son’s land if they deem that there is anendangered species living on the property.Does it seem right to you that people’slivelihoods are being taken away fromthem just because they think some littleinsect is living on their property? Is it okfor these animals that are being reintro-duced in places to kill livestock and eatcrops while the land owners receive eithernone or very little compensation?The Endangered Species Act split up

responsibilities of animals, plants, andmarine life into three different depart-ments. The Department of the Interior issetup to take care of internal affairs; andone if the category of internal affairs isendangered species. The Department ofthe Interior is mainly supposed to be incharge of the endangered animals. Theyhelp deem which animals are consideredthreatened or endangered. The Depart-ment of Commerce is in charge of manythings, but one thing you may not knowabout the Department of Commerce isthat the National Oceanic and Atmos-pheric Administration is a branch of it.That means that the Department of Com-merce is the one that deems when amarine species is threatened or endan-gered. The Department of Agriculture is incharge of saying if a plant is threatened orendangered.The Endangered Species Act has several

ways to make people cooperate even if theydo not wish to do so. One such way is a cit-izen’s suit, which is where they can suesomeone for supposedly endangering aspecies. Another way is by saying that thatby not letting them use the land is a crimeand you could be charged, and could possi-bly serve time in prison. If someone hap-pens to accidently kill something that isprotected, he can also be charged with afine. So, if anyone is ever in a situation thatinvolves an endangered species, theyshould be careful because he can becharged with all kinds of things.One example of a successful project is

the reintroduction of the Desert BighornSheep into Texas, Which began in 1954.The Bighorn Sheep had been almost wipedout due to over hunting and diseases fromdomestic sheep. By the early 1960s, thelast of Texas’ native Bighorn Sheep weregone. Most efforts at restocking the sheepwere failures and were abandoned. TheSierra Diablo Wildlife Management Area(SDWMA) is where they began to raisepens of Bighorn Sheep so that they couldlater be released into the wild. In June1973, in Culberson and Hudspeth coun-ties, they released a pen of pen-raisedsheep consisting of four rams and threeewes; this herd grew to about one-hundredhead. The SDWMA kept releasing thesheep until May 1997, when the facilitywas shut down because of an ongoing dis-ease problem. There was also anotherheard released in Brewster County; at afacility was called The Elephant MountainWildlife Management Area (EMWMA). Theherd was a result from releasing ten ramsand ten ewes on February 4, 1987. All ofthese sheep were pen-raised bighornsfrom the SDWMA that was shut down.Since then, the sheep have increased innumber.The sheep were also released in other

places such as Culberson County; the twoherds released there were called The VanHorn Mountains herd, and The BaylorMountains herd. The release of thesesheep were different because they were notpen raised. The sheep released here weretrapped in the wild from Nevada and thentransported to Texas and released (TexasParks and Wildlife Par 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6). As of2010, the population of the DesertBighorn Sheep was 1,115 sheep: 364Rams, 569 Ewes, and 182 Lambs reside inthe area where they were released (TexasBighorn Society Par 10). During the 2008-2009 hunting season, fifteen DesertBighorn Sheep hunting permits were dis-tributed. This means that the Desert

means if they are released into the wildand a person happens to come across one,they may not be able to scare it away ordefend themselves. What this means forranchers with livestock is that if they seeone of these animals they can try to scare itaway, but it will just keep coming back andkilling their livestock. Then why not killthe animal in question? Well, this could bedone but at the cost of a large fine ormaybe even some jail time.The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has

put out a set of compensation guidelines tohelp ranchers and farmers with any lossfrom the reintroduction of species. Theprocess to get compensation for killed live-stock due to the animal the reintroductionprogram is a little bit complicated. In theguidelines, it states that in order to protectthe evidence the body of the animal is notto be moved from the place where it waskilled. The rancher is supposed to keep itlike that until an agency expert can comeand determine if it was due to one of theanimals that was released. If it is deter-mined that the cause of the animal’s deathwas due to the reintroduction program,then the farmer or rancher will get a pay-

Bighorn Sheep have successfully beenreintroduced and have now been declassi-fied to threatened instead of endangered(Texas Parks and Wildlife Par 10).The ESA has reintroduced many ani-

mals all across the United States. In manyways this has helped these animals, but insome areas it has made things worse. Inmany parts of the country they have begunto release predators in areas in which theyno longer existed. These predators werekilled off, not because people wanted to becruel, but because they were problematicfor the land owner or people in general.Predators such as bears, wolves, andmountain lions are being released into thewild again. This would be great if not forthe fact that these animals were removedfrom areas for a reason. Most of the time,the reason was that the animals werekilling livestock or in some cases people.So in order to stop this from happening,the animals were exterminated from thearea.In places that these predators have been

released, the animals have been pen raisedand then released into the wild. Most non-domesticated animals that have beenraised in a pen by humans loose all theirfear for humans. These animals are com-fortable around a human being, which

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ment for the animal, but note that theprices that they have set for livestock islower than the price that the animal couldhave sold for at market price. Now how isthat fair when the farmer or rancher isn’teven getting back the full value of the live-stock? If someone has an animal that wasinjured due to an animal that was released,he may or may not get compensation forthe livestock. It is up to the people who areworking on the project (The U.S. Fish andWildlife Service Page1-3). Most of the timethe agencies don’t want to pay the landowner, so they try the best they can toprove you wrong.At one point in time, the Mexican Gray

Wolf roamed from Arizona to Texas, but ashumans moved in, the wolves started tocause problems. The wolves would attacklivestock and in some cases humans;therefore the wolves were dangerous. In aneffort to eradicate this problem, the Mexi-can Gray Wolf was eliminated from theUnited States and Mexico by the 1970s.Then in 1976, three years after the Endan-gered Species Act was enacted, the Mexi-can Gray Wolf was put on the endangeredspecies list as a subspecies of the gray wolf.The wolf was already fully extinct in the

to help with conflicts, such as the killing oflivestock or the endangering. The FinalRule was then set in place which, providedregulations on how the reintroduced pop-ulation would be managed by the agencies.It also covered the public’s rights andtalked about human safety and protectionof people’s property from Mexican wolves.It gave guidelines releasing wolves on pri-vate, tribal, and public lands. On March 29,1998, captive raised wolves were releasedinto the wild for the first time in the BlueRange Wolf Recovery Area (U.S. Fish andWildlife Par 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7).Well, isn’t it a good thing for the wolves

to once again thrive in this area. Not really,the wolves will now cause major issues forthe people living in these areas and fortheir livestock. The wolves were raised incaptivity, so they are less afraid of humanssince they were raised by them. There wasan article in Range Magazine about howthe ranchers are continuously losing live-stock due to the wolves, yet nothing isbeing done about it. The people runningthe recovery plan have made a new regula-tion called the three strikes rule. In thethree strikes rule, if a wolf has killed morethan three livestock in one year, it is takeninto captivity for one year. It is laterreleased back into the wild in the sameexact place as before. If the wolf kills twolivestock in one year, and then killsanother in January of the next year, thatonly counts as one. Every year the wolves’killings are reset (Range Magazine Page38-40). Even though it is said that it ismore likely for a dog than a wolf to attacksomeone, the citizens of Reserve, NewMexico might disagree. The wolves thatwere released in this area have been stalk-ing kids on their way to school; the city haseven built cages at bus stops in which thekids may wait, so they are not hassled bythe wolves (Warren Par 1, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,18).Caren Cowan explained the process of

trying to get compensation for animalskilled by wolves. Since most ranchers owna lot of land in order to run a healthy oper-ation, they don’t normally see their ani-mals every day, so they might not knowwhen one goes missing. The organizationthat is suppose to give out the compensa-tion is the Defenders of Wildlife, but if peo-ple take the money then they are obligatedto support the wolf recovery project(Cowen). I talked to two ranchers in thearea where the wolves were released. FirstI talked to Jim Gearhart who is the RanchManager of the HRY Ranch in GrantCounty, New Mexico. Mr. Gearhart said

Southwestern United States and therewere few reports of the wolves in Mexico;this was the only reason it continued toexist in the wild. Then in 1977, and 1982, arecovery of the Mexican wolf was put intoaction. The United States and Mexicoagreed to work together in order to start abreeding program by trapping the wolvesfrom Mexico. They wanted to breed thewolves in order to save the populationfrom extinction and then later reintroducethem to the wild. In 1979, they establisheda team to map out an area where theycould set up the recovery for the wolves.The recovery plan was approved in 1982.As the program to recover the wolves

grew and the project became a success inthe 1980s, it was then time to find a placewhere they could reintroduce the wolf intoits natural habitat. In 1996, an Environ-mental Impact Statement (EIS) was fin-ished. They wanted to release the wolves inthe Apache and Gila National Forests inEastern Arizona and Western New Mexico,which was once home to the wolves beforetheir extinction. In March 1997, the Secre-tary of the Interior okayed the release ofwolves into the Blue Range Wolf RecoveryArea. They then enforced the non-essentialexperimental population designation forMexican wolves, which made it a lot easier

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that it was very hard to get the compensa-tion because the agencies do not want topay, so they try to blame it on other ani-mals, like coyotes (Gearhart). After talkingto Mr. Gearhart, he referred me to AlanTackman who is a rancher and attorney inCatron County. He told me about the com-pensation and how to get it. He said that aperson has to call the agency and wait foran agent to come and look at the animal.Since there are other animals around suchas bears, lions, and coyotes most of thetime the animal is half eaten and it is hardto tell what killed it. The best way to tell isby measuring the spots where the bitemarks are. The wolves’ bite marks are big-ger than a coyote’s, but smaller than abear’s. If there is hemorrhaging where thebite was made, then the animal means itwas bitten when it was still alive. It is saidthat for every one cow that is found killedby a wolf, there are eight more cows thathave not been found and killed by wolves.Mr. Tackman has tried many ways to pre-vent the wolves from killing his cattle. Hehas moved them to a different pasture far-ther from the wolves and hired a rangerider, which is a person who follows theanimals around in case a predator arrives.So far, he said none of these have preci-sions have been and the only thing that isworking is moving the cattle to a differentranch outside of the wolf territory. In thelast fourteen years, Mr. Tackman has spenttwenty to thirty thousand dollars fightingthe wolves (Tackman). These wolves areruining people’s lives and people have noidea. They just see the cute and fuzzy littlewolves that the environmental agenciesshow us.Right now the U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service is requesting approval to releasewolves in Texas. One of the areas includedin this is Jeff Davis and Brewster counties.The Texas Parks and Wildlife Departmentis trying to shut this down because theyhave seen what it has done to the Arizonaand New Mexico areas (U.S. Fish andWildlife Service, Southwestern RegionalOffice and Mexican Wolf Recovery Pro-gram Page 29-30). Another reason toreconsider is by bringing the wolves backinto this area is all the work it took tobring the Desert Bighorn Sheep back tothis region may go to waste. Are reallygoing to bring in a major predator? One ofthe wolves’ major food sources is thebighorn. Another is the Pronghorn ante-lope which is also on the endangeredspecies list (Par 5). Do we really want toeradicate the sheep now that we have justreintroduced them? Do we want our chil-

dren to have to wait in cages to go toschool? Think about this and decide if it issmart to bring these cute little wolves backinto this area?Anytime the subject of endangered

species and property rights is discussed,the question always boils down to who ismore important, human beings or ani-mals? Is an animal’s livelihood moreimportant than a person’s life? In somecases we have not only endangered species,but also ourselves. After speaking to CarenCowan, who is the executive director of theNew Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association, Ihave learned some frightening thingsabout the wolves in New Mexico. She saidthat people have been so afraid or stressedout by the wolves, that they have movedaway from the area. The wolves that hadbeen released were raised by humans sothese wolves seek out the people. Peoplehave given accounts of wolves sitting intheir yards and corrals, and then findingtheir horses or pets dead. Many children ofthe area have developed Post TraumaticStress Disorder because they have beenstalked by a wolf or seen a wolf kill theirpets. There was a reason that our ancestorskilled the wolves in the first place. It is notbecause we are a cruel species, but becausethey were causing harm to us and the

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other animals for which we care for(Cowan).We have learned from our past mistakes

and are now trying to make it right, byreintroducing the Bighorn Sheep. How-ever predatory animals are different in theway that they were endangering us. Inturn, we were only protecting ourselves.Whether it is a lizard shutting down anentire West Texas oil field, a little insectshutting down apple production, or a wolfruining a ranching operation, we have toask if a lizard, insect, or wolf is moreimportant than a person’s livelihood? TheAmerican land owner’s help in many ways,they provide us with the leather on ourshoes, the gas in our cars, and the food inor mouths, if we allow the EndangeredSpecies Act to destroy the livelihoods ofthese people by the reintroduction ofpredators, what will happen to our society?

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He was partners with Gene Autry. Hewas once son-in-law to Tom Mix. Hewon the Canadian Saddle Bronc Rid-

ing Championship—twice. He spent aboutforty-five years making his living in arodeo arena. He was the legendary, HarryKnight.Born in Quebec City, Canada in 1907,

the Knight family moved west when Harrywas a young boy to Banff, Alberta. Harry’sfather had a resort on Banff’s, Lake Louise.Although the rest of the Knight familymembers were not “cowboys” so much,young Harry took an interest in animalsand cowboying early on. He entered hisfirst rodeo in Sundre, Alberta Canada in1925, thus beginning a half-century careerin rodeo.As a contestant in the rodeo arena,

Harry excelled in the Saddle Bronc Ridingevent. He also entered Bareback, SteerDecorating, Calf Roping and Steer Ridingat times. During his years as a contestant,he rode the bad bucking horse Five Min-utes to Midnight for an eternity of ten sec-onds (the required time back then, today

Florence, Arizona and Harry Knight (whoalso lived in Arizona by this time).According to author Gail Hughbanks

Woerner, “The company consisted of 150saddle horses, 150 bucking horses, 50Brahma bulls, 100 head of bulldoggingcattle, 90 calves, 50 wild cows, 110 saddlesand various other equipment.” Harrywound up selling out his interest in thecompany a few years later.Then, in 1954 legendary cowboy, Gene

Autry, purchased the late Leo J. Cremer’srodeo company and hired Harry Knight tomanage it. In 1959, when Everett Colburnretired, the World Championship RodeoCompany was merged with the Cremerstock, making Autry and partners one ofthe largest stock contractors of the day. Atone time, it was reported Gene Autry’srodeo company had over six-hundred headof stock. Knight remained the manageruntil he retired in 1968.Harry Knight was also the first Rodeo

Cowboy Association (RCA) stock contract-ing representative to serve on the Board ofDirectors (1966-76). Earlier, in his contes-tant days, he had served on the board ofthe CTA as the Saddle Bronc Riding repre-sentative.Author Clifford P. Westermeier remem-

bered Knight, “as a man who enjoyeddiverse friendships ranging from NewYork’s upper crust to the poorest ranchhands in Arizona and Texas.”Writing about Knight as a contestant,

rodeo historian Willard Porter said, “Asmost top-drawer bronc men do, Knightacquired a canny understanding of thechemistry that goes into the makeup of adead-end bad horse.”Ruth Mix (third child of the great cow-

boy actor, Tom Mix) and Harry Knightwere married in 1935. A newspaper reportfrom the day says they spent their honey-moon at Livermore, California where theywere both scheduled to compete in arodeo. Ruth Mix was a rodeo, circus andwild west show performer and an actress.By this time in his career, Knight listed his

an official ride is eight seconds).As mentioned above, he also won the

Canadian Bronc Riding Championship, in1926 and ‘32. A bad injury at the ChicagoWorld’s Fair in 1933 nearly ended his rid-ing career, however Harry recovered tocompete through the early ‘40s.As Harry’s rodeo career started to wind

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address as Casa Grande, Arizona (he actu-ally lived across the street from the firstAll-around Champion of the World, EarlThode).Tom Thode, younger son of Earl Thode,

and a former Yuma County, Arizona. Supe-rior Court Judge, grew up across the streetfrom Harry Knight. Tom related this storyto the author.“The actor Tom Mix and his son-in-law,

Harry Knight were pretty close. WhenTom died, most newspaper reports of theday claimed he was going from Tucson(after a night of wild partying) to Florenceto see his son-in-law. The truth (as told tome by Harry himself) is that he was withTom already—and they actually had leftTucson together that morning.“Tom had a flask of whiskey and was

hitting on it pretty heavily as they spedtowards Florence. He kept passing it overto Harry, who would take a little sip nowand then, and then pour a bigger batch ofit down the side of the car. Pretty soon, thewhiskey ran out, so Harry told Tom to pullover at a little country bar they wereapproaching. When Tom slid the car to astop in front of the bar, Harry jumped outand said he would go in and get morewhiskey.“After ten minutes or so, Tom Mix got

tired of waiting and went in to see what thedelay was. He went into the bar and didn’tsee anyone but the bartender. He asked thebartender if he had seen a cowboy come inthere in the last ten minutes or so. Thebartender said he had, and that the manhad walked in the front door then straightout the back—and off into the desert! Tomgot tired of waiting and soon left withoutHarry.“The rest is history. A few miles up the

road, the accident happened that killedTom Mix. Harry Knight knew Tom was notsafe to ride with, but also knew Tom wouldnot listen to reason at that point, so he gotout of the car when he could. By leavingwhen he did, it most likely saved his life.”Harry went on to live a full and accom-

plished life after that (as outlined above).In November 1985, seventy-nine-year-oldHarry Knight (who owned a ranch andlived in Fowler, Colorado by then), wasinducted into the Canadian Rodeo Histori-cal Society at Edmonton, Alberta. InDecember of that same year, he was alsoinducted into the Rodeo Hall of Fame inOklahoma City. The great Harry Knightdied April 5, 1989. �

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My neighbors just finished trippingsome wild steers and tying themdown Arizona cowboy style. Yes,

they will go back and get the steers afterthey cool off. Unlike the government cowboys who

slaughtered the Bundy cattle in Nevadathey will go back and take their steershome instead of burying them. The gov-ernment must have hired some “REAL”cowboys to pull off that stunt. Were you not impressed that the gov-

ernment tore up the livestock waters onthe Bundy Ranch? What bravery theydemonstrated. How does that help thewildlife that is still there when the cattleleave? Why don’t we hear from People ForThe Ethical Treatment of Animals inregard to Cliven Bundy’s slaughtered cat-tle? Perhaps slaughtering Bundy’s cattle

was the government’s way of saving theozone from cattle emissions? We trulyhave a bunch of miseducated nuts runningthis country. Have you noticed that the people that

mer country. I asked him if he was the stu-pidest person on earth and he actuallythought he was pretty smart. We had onlymanaged this allotment successfully forover sixty years. Just to be clear the winter country has

canyons, trees, and lots of oak brush so thecattle have shelter and feed in the winter.Our summer country was a big wide opengrassy plain which responded well tospring rains with abundant forage. Sinceyour ranger can only suggest crazy ideasand cannot force you to implement themwe didn’t change. However, he came byabout once a week with some new crazyscheme.We had a natural spring that we main-

tained and it always had water when otherplaces did not. Our ranger determined thatthe cattle were ruining the “riparian area”.I asked how he had determined that? Hepointed to a cottonwood sapling near thespring and began his diatribe explainingthat they count the broken branches on asapling. If there were more than ten breaksthen there were too many cattle in theriparian area. He also pointed to all the tracks at the

base of the sapling. First I asked him if heactually believed that counting brancheson a sapling was an accurate way to deter-mine there were too many cattle at thespring. He swore he really believed it. I then asked him if he knew what a deer

track looked like. He said he did and I

preach tolerance are often the most intol-erant? Time and again the American cattlerancher gets attacked by its own govern-ment. The United States governmentresorts to gunships, armored cars, andhighly armed officers to deal with a hand-ful of cowboys who never hurt anyone? Maybe it was caused by a senator’s

greed? It was just a few years ago thatranchers worked with the government toadvance conservation. The United StatesForest Ranger was your friend and helper.However, things have changed and thegovernment has declared war on cattleranchers. Whoever thought that Ameri-cans would have to fear their own govern-ment?It started about ten years ago around

here. Our ranger of thirty years retired andwas replaced with an arrogant twenty-five-year-old city slicker that knew nothingabout grazing or cattle. One day he showsup and introduces himself as the newranger. The first thing he informed us ofwere his suggestions on how we shouldmanage our allotment. He wanted toswitch our winter country with our sum-

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country, are key BLM resources that aren’tadequately recognized and managedthrough existing agency planning guid-ance,” said Henri Bisson, former BLMdeputy director for operations and BLMAlaska state director.Based on an initial review, the BLM

intends to target changes to, in part, createa planning process that is responsive tochange, allowing BLM to keep plans cur-rent through amendments; and to reducethe amount of time it takes to completeRMPs.“The main challenges the BLM face are

incompatible development and land use,as well as the need for well-funded restora-tion,” said Ken Mayer, former director ofthe Nevada Department of Wildlife.

The BLM is seeking comments on how it can achievethe goal of a more effective, efficient and durableplanning process. Individuals can learn more atwww.blm.gov/plan2 and can provide feedback [email protected]

BLM to review its planning processBILLINGS GAZETTE STAFF

After using the same basic planningapproach for 38 years, the Bureau ofLand Management has announced it

will review how it develops its ResourceManagement Plans.“As I’ve met with elected leaders and cit-

izens from across the West on BLM issues,I’ve consistently heard two things: first, theBLM needs to more effectively addresslandscape-level management challenges;and second, planning takes too long.” BLMDirector Neil Kornze said in a statement.The decision was hailed by the

Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partner-ship as a way to “modernize this approachand remedy its shortcomings.“For example, tracts of intact and unde-

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called him a liar. With a puzzled look heasked me why I called him that. I explainedthat his riparian area was covered withdeer tracks and that cattle had not beenthere in over four months. Needless to say,that did shut him up for awhile.To make a long story short we did have

a chance to sell the forest allotment so wedid. We had other places to run our cattlewithout government interference. How-ever, many others do not have that choice.The other thing that always baffled me

about running cattle on the forest servicewas their fake concern for the land andwildlife. They would try and control therancher’s every move, but when ATV folkstore up your pasture it was of no concernto them. Vandalism of water tanks andwells was never taken seriously either. It’sfunny how the government would forgetthat they had a lease agreement with youand thought you had no rights as well.They certainly convinced me that they aretruly evil.What can we do to fight this oppression

of the rancher? I think voting in the rightfolks would be a start in turning it around,but what do we do in the meantime? I’venever seen America in such a rut of gov-ernment takeover of everything. Our free-dom guaranteed by the United States Con-stitution is being eroded on a daily basis.Political correctness does nothing butimpede free speech. Where are we going toend up? Let’s stand up for ourselves beforeit is too late. How did cattle ranchers, mil-itary veterans, and independent thinkingcitizens become enemies of the countrythey would die to support? �

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Sometimes, when we go to our live-stock meetings and see all the tech-nology we forget about the cowboy

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pages, illustrated, I will discuss the case ofa 300 lb bull calf that needs doctored orbranded and cut. Regardless of theappendage you’ve roped, you can drag himslowly till he eventually lies down.The next step is critical: Your horse

must keep the rope tight while you dis-mount, ease to the calf, and tie at least 3feet together with your piggin’ string. Asyou’re pulling back, keeping the ropetight, you throw a couple dallies aroundthe saddle horn and top it with a half-hitch(or hooey). This holds the knot as long asthe rope stays tight to the calf. Then youtoss the extra coils away from the action.Depending on how the calf is behaving,you wrap a loop of your rein around thetight rope and tie it back to the hangingrein. This keeps your horse’s head pointedat the calf.Pounce on the calf. Assure yourself the

correct side is up if you’re branding, thenfree him from the rope and horse. Now putthe slip knot of your piggin’ string over thecalf’s down-side front leg. Slide your bodyback far enough to push both his hind legsforward with your thigh. Then arrange histwo hind feet to cross over the attachedfront leg. Make three wraps around thethree feet and pull them together tight!Then one more wrap and a hooey aroundthe front leg and he is ready to be treated.This description of our skilled cowboy

making the perfect catch and tie-downholds true, unless, of course, your horselets slack out of your line when he should-n’t, gets tangled in the coils, the dally slips,you loop the piggin’ string over your wrist,the calf gets loose and runs under thehorse’s belly who then deserts you threemiles from the pickup and loses your ropesomewhere along the way.But don’t worry . . . that never

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injecting or collecting samples to deter-mine breed traits, DNA, source verifica-tion, average daily gain, or to treat for par-asites, disease, or to stimulate growth. Itall looks so orderly as the healthy steerstanding in the hydraulic chute smiles atthe camera while the hired hand in a cleanshirt demonstrates a procedure withmusic playing in the background. I willremind modern agriculture practitionersthere are still places where a cowboy and ahorse are an essential part of management.For example, feeder cattle on wheat grassor ranches where they still calve ‘outside’or summer mountain pastures. These areexamples where it is more expedient totreat the critter where you find it, ratherthan try and drive or haul them to asqueeze chute or trap two miles away.If you have the luxury of a two-man

crew, the method is obvious; head and heelthem. But for the lone rider, his skills mustbe at a higher level. The beast; a cow with awire around her foot or a steer with pinkeye must be 1) caught 2) restrained 3)treated 4) released.Depending on 1) the terrain, 2) the dis-

position of critter, and 3) its size, the jobcan be 1) hard or 2) harder! In real life,catching can mean the head, the horns,the heels, one hock, or the head and frontleg together. Restraining the animal usu-ally means putting them on the ground.Since this lecture could take ten more

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In 1971 when my first son, Scott, wasfive months old Charlie and his Dad,Donald, had a string of yearlings on

some leased land, and it had no rain, whichis common for eastern New Mexico, unfor-tunately. Donald had talked to everyone hecould think of, trying to find grass for theiryearlings. This was in the spring, about thefirst of June. He had learned of a smallplace in the Ocate area. In fact, it was ontop of Ocate peak. We had to wait until theoak brush had become safe before wecould move the cattle up there. By thetime we got organized and started up themountain with them, it was raining andhad been for some time! I had to drive thepickup up the mountain while the mendrove the cattle up horseback. I couldn’tgo horseback, because Scott was so young. The road up the mountain was really

steep, with many switch-backs. It had beengraded, but not in a long time. At everyswitch-back, there was a short road tradedback so that you could get a run at the nextsection. You had to give it all you had,because it was so steep, and it was veryrough! We were going to stay with the cat-tle for a couple of weeks, so I had all of ourbedding, our groceries, Scott’s play-pen touse for his bed and all of the paraphernalianeeded for a baby of this age. I also had ourtoy poodle, Flipper. He tended to be a painto travel with, becoming very restless. Istarted up that road, loaded down with allof our equipment. The road was wet andslick, and I had to go fast or I couldn’t pullthe mountain. Flipper settled down veryquietly until I reached the top. Scott, blesshim, was quiet as a little mouse. I hadplaced him in his infant carrier on thefloor, thinking this was the safest place forhim.When I finally reached the top, I started

to unpack and prepare lunch for our cow-boys. We had a little one room cabin, witha propane refrigerator, a wood cook stove,and running water. There was no room fora table or chairs. I set up Scott’s play-pen,for his bed, and made our bed. I had gath-ered some wood and some kindling, andtried to light the stove. And tried. Andtried. And tried some more. Sandwicheswere looking like a good option for thenoon meal. When I had them made andcovered, I went out to bring in water. Oh,yes! We had running water. I had to run

About that time we heard Flipper under-neath the cabin, hitting every floor joist ashe chased another one. This became ourroutine, listening to him chasing the chip-munks.After we had gotten everything squared

away at the tack shed, and at the cabin, Idecided I needed to make supper. I askedCharlie to make a fire in the stove. Heretorted that he was tired and I needed tomake it myself. Confession time. I told himI didn’t know how. He explained how to dothat. I tried. And tried. And tried. Hedemonstrated. Okay, I get it. With his roar-ing fire, I started supper. Burned the bread.Oh me! I have been cooking my whole life.It is the one thing I do really well! Butmaybe not on a wood stove.A good night of sleep . . . well I did get a

little chilly, but still slept pretty well

out to the live spring behind the house andbring it in with a water bucket. My heartwas beginning to fall. I wasn’t used to a lotof luxuries, and knew how to cope with noelectricity and no plumbing for the house.I knew how to live with no running waterin the house. We could never drink thewell water in all my years of growing upand still can’t to this day. What I had noexperience with was building a fire. And Iwas afraid of burning my baby up in thatold wood frame cabin! The men finallycame in to a meal of cold sandwiches, andall but Charlie left for their homes. Charliementioned that it was too bad I didn’t havetime to cook those hard-working cowboysa hot meal. I said that Donald hadpromised them a good hot meal in a cafeon the way home. I helped Charlie set uphis “tack room” I advised that he shouldhang everything from the rafters of theshed, since chipmunks were plentiful.

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because I was tired. Charlie got up earlyand started a fire in the wood stove andstarted the coffee to boiling. Crawled backin bed until the cabin began to warm upand Scott woke. Time to get dressed andstart the day. First things first. I fed Scott,then started to work on breakfast. I cookedthe bacon while I made biscuits. All right,let’s try this biscuit cooking again! Stuckthe pan in the oven, broke eggs into theskillet. Looked in the oven. Turned biscuitsaround. Cooked eggs. Grabbed biscuits outof the oven. They look beautiful. Charlietears one open. It is doughy on the inside.I grabbed it and toasted it in the skillet. I hauled water into the cabin and

heated it on the stove to wash dishes. Fin-ished. I hauled water in and heated it onthe stove to bathe Scott. Finished. I sweptthe floor and used Scott’s bath water tomop the floor. I hauled water to heat onthe stove and wash out Scott’s dirtyclothes. While I was at it, I washed ourdirty clothes as well. I checked the time.8:00 a.m. I kept feeding a stick of wood inthe stove to keep the fire going. Now it wasgetting hot in the cabin. I opened the door

fire or of cooking bread in that old oven,but I was doing pretty well.Next morning, I beat the biscuit blues.

I made pancakes. Charlie enjoyed them,but as he was kissing me good-bye, hementioned that he would really like acoconut cream pie for dinner. I felt like abig balloon that had just been deflated. Istarted my morning routine of haulingwater . . . Dishes, Scott’s bath, diapers.Sigh. In the meantime, Flipper is spendinga hard morning of chipmunk chasing. Itseemed the only time I saw him was atmeal times and bed time. The rest of theday he was protecting us from the invasionof chipmunks!I started the pie crust. I knew I would

have to watch it close, but once it was inthe oven I started the coconut filling. Itonly scorched a little from being cooked inthe high altitude. Pulled the pie crust outof the oven. It was only burned on one side.I threw it out and started over. This time Isat next to the oven and opened it aboutevery few moments. I actually accom-plished it this time! Filled with the filling,topped with hand whipped meringue andcoconut and back in the oven to brown. Iwatched this like a hawk as well. Perfect.Now it was time to start dinner. I had beensimmering a pot of beans on the stove allmorning, and more steak and some corn-bread completed the meal . . . Except, thecornbread was a . . . little . . . runny in themiddle, and the beans, in this high alti-tude, were kind of, well, a little, umm, theyrattled on the plate. But the meat and thepie was great, that is if you like coconut pie. . . which I don’t!We stayed for two weeks before we

came home for a weekend, during whichtime Charlie’s mother and father took ourplace for three days. When we went back,Charlie got very busy as the yearlings weretaking brisket disease. I still couldn’t starta fire, but I could keep it going all day. Ipracticed with that old oven all day everyday. Soon, I could turn out biscuits andyeast rolls and loafs and cornbread andcakes with hardly ever a bobble! I wasbored a lot, but I kept busy taking care ofmy baby and baking. One day, I was out gathering wild flow-

ers to put on a plywood sheet I had foundto lay across an empty barrel that we wereusing for a table in front of the cabin.There were a row of bushes with some kindof berries between me and Flipper and thecabin where my baby lay sleeping. All atonce, Flipper started jumping toward

and sat on the door step doing someembroidery. Fed Scott again. Read on oneof my books. It was a nice day out, so I tookScott and Flipper and went for a walk.Suddenly remembered the fire in the stoveand made a mad dash back to feed anotherstick in the fire. I decided chicken friedsteak, mashed potatoes and biscuits andgravy for dinner (lunch) was in order. Itwas 10:00 by now, so I thought I wouldstart. Peeled the potatoes and set them toboil. Made the biscuits and set them tobake. Fried the steak. Turned the biscuitsaround. Made the gravy and got the bis-cuits out of the oven just as Charlie rodein. The biscuits might be a little too brownon the bottom. No, they might be a littleBLACK on the bottom. Just a touchdoughy in the center. Oh well. Charlie said,“They will eat!” But he didn’t say what. I letthe fire go out. Leftovers for supper. I started hauling water in after supper.

I filled the galvanized tub half full of coldwater and set two big pots to boiling on thestove Charlie had now built a fire in. Ihauled the water. I got the first bath.Charlie took a bath then I re-mopped thefloor. This pioneer woman stuff isn’t thatbad! I was tired from hauling water, andstill hadn’t gotten the hang of starting a

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The “Kill Keystone XL” crowd isn’t lit-tle David up against a Big Oil Goliath.As usual, conventional wisdom isn’t

wisdom when the mainstream media askall the wrong questions with commensu-rate answers.Behemoth Big Green outstrips Big Oil

in expendable revenue by orders of magni-tude — if you know how to follow themoney.The mainstream media don’t know

how. Like most liberals, their staffs areafflicted with what 20th century futuristHerman Kahn called “Educated Incapac-ity” — the learned inability to understandor even perceive a problem, much less asolution.They’ve been taught to be blind, unable

to see Big Green as having more dispos-able money than Big Oil, so they don’t lookinto it.They would never discover that the

American Petroleum Institute’s IRS Form990 for the most recent year showed$237.9 million in assets while the NaturalResources Defense Council reported$241.8 million.Nor would they discover who started

the anti-Keystone campaign in the firstplace. It was the $789 million RockefellerBrothers Fund (established in 1940). Thefund’s program is elaborated in a 2008PowerPoint presentation called “The TarSands Campaign” by program officerMichael Northrop, who set up coordina-tion and funding for a dozen environmen-tal and anti-corporate attack groups to usethe strategy, “raise the negatives, raise thecosts, slow down and stop infrastructure,and stop pipelines.” Tom Steyer’s $100million solo act is naive underclass nou-veau cheap by comparison.Mainstream reporters appear not to be

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You don’t need expert skills to connectthe dots linking Keystone XL to Alberta’soil sands to climate change to Big Green.On the other hand, you do need detailed

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high-profile battles against drilling, frack-ing, oil sands and Keystone get a bigchunk of that, as demonstrated by theRockefeller assault.”Driessen then identified the most-

neglected of all money sources in BigGreen: “The liberal foundations that givetargeted grants to Big Green operationshave well over $100 billion at their dis-posal.”That figure is confirmed in the Founda-

tion Center database of the Top 100 Foun-dations. But how much actually gets toenvironmental groups? The Giving USAInstitute’s annual reports show$80,427,810,000 (more than $80 billion)in giving to environmental recipients from2000 to 2012.I checked the U.S. Chamber of Com-

merce and found $147.3 million in assetswhile environmental donor Gordon E. andBetty I. Moore Foundation posted $5.2 billion.Driessen pointed out another unper-

ceived sector of Big Green: governmentdonors. “Under President Obama, govern-ment agencies have poured tens of mil-lions into nonprofit groups for anti-hydro-

carbon campaigns.”Weather Channel co-founder John

Coleman adds, “The federal government iscurrently spending $2.6 billion [per year]on climate change research (and onlythose who support the ‘carbon dioxide is apollutant/major greenhouse gas’ receivefunding).”This web of ideological soul-mates, like

all movements, has its share of turf warsand dissension in the ranks, but, as dis-closed on conference tapes I obtained, itshares a visceral hatred of capitalism, a wor-shipful trust that nature knows best, and acallous belief that humans are not naturalbut the nemesis of all that is natural.Lawyer Christopher Manes wrote

“Green Rage: Radical Environmentalismand the Unmaking of Civilization.” Manesnow practices tax litigation from his lawoffice in Palm Springs, Calif., which he hasnot yet unmade.The legal branch of Big Green is varied.

Earthjustice, (formerly Sierra Club LegalDefense Fund) raked in $133.8 million inthe past five years — comparable to manysimilar law organizations. Highly litigativeattack groups receiving federal settle-ments are numerous and thriving, such asthe Center for Biological Diversity ($29.2million in the past five years).

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It’s not unusual for heirs of big moneyto dream of unmaking the source of theirwealth: Laura Rockefeller Chasin of theRockefeller Family Fund once said, “It’svery hard to get rid of the money is a waythat does more good than harm. One ofthe ways is to subsidize people who are try-ing to change the system and get rid ofpeople like us.”The money reported to the Federal

Election Commission is barely the begin-ning of what’s really happening. It doesn’tshow you Big Green’s mobilized boots onthe ground, the zooming Twitter tweets,the fevered protesters, the Facebook fanat-ics or the celebrities preaching carbonmodesty from the lounges of their privatejets.When self-righteous victims of Edu-

cated Incapacity insist that Big Oil out-spends the poor little greenies, keep inmind the mountains of IRS Form 990sfiled by thousands of groups, land trusts,lawyer outfits, foundations, and agenda-makers, just waiting for America to wakeup and smell Big Green’s untold hundredsof billions.

RON ARNOLD, a Washington Examiner columnist,is executive vice president of the Center for theDefense of Free Enterprise.

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2013 – 2014 DIRECTORS — CHAIRMAN, Darrell Brown (Producer); VICE-CHAIRMAN, Bernarr Treat (Producer); SECRETARY, Alicia Sanchez (Purebred Producer).NMBC DIRECTORS: Bruce Davis (Producer); DavidMcSherry (Feeder); Mark McCollum (Feeder); MilfordDenetclaw (Producer); Jonathan Vander Dussen (DairyProducer); Tamara Hurt (Producer).

FEDERATION DIRECTOR, Darrell Brown (Producer)U.S.M.E.F. DIRECTOR, David McSherry BEEF BOARD DIRECTOR S, Tammy Ogilvie (Producer),Wesley Grau (Producer).

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**RREEDDUUCCEEDD** 9900 HHeeaadd,, AAgguuaa FFrriiaa RRaanncchh,,QQuueemmaaddoo,, NNMM –– This is a scenic mid-size ranch with great prospects.Operating as a private hunting retreat,and a purebred Angus and Paint horseranch. +/-1200 deeded acres, +/-80acres of NM lease, and +/-5220 acresBLM. 4BR, 2BA, mfg. home. Trophyelk, antelope, deer. Elk and mule deerpermits. Candidate for a conservationeasement or land exchange with theBLM. $$11..6655MM $$11..5555MM

**RREEDDUUCCEEDD** 5522 HHeeaadd RRaanncchh,, SSaannSSiimmoonn,, AAZZ –– Indian Springs Ranch,pristine & private, only 12 milesfrom I-10. Bighorn sheep, ruins, pic-tographs. 1480 acres of deeded, 52head, BLM lease, historic rock house,new cabin, springs, wells.$$11,,330000,,000000 $$997755,,000000,, TTeerrmmss..

**RREEDDUUCCEEDD** 333355 HHeeaadd RRaanncchh,,GGrreeeennlleeee CCoouunnttyy,, AAZZ –– +/- 20 Deededacres, w/two homes, barn & out-buildings. 58 Sections USFS grazingpermit. Good vehicular access to theranch – otherwise this is a horsebackranch. Scenic, great outfittersprospect. $$885500,,000000 $$776600,,000000..

** RREEDDUUCCEEDD** 331144 AAccrree FFaarrmm,, PPeeaarrccee,,AAZZ –– Two pivots, three irrigationwells, charming +/- 2100 s.f. home,four car garage, large metal work-shop, both with concrete floors, tworailroad cars with cover between forhorse stalls, hay and feed storage.$$775500,,000000 NNooww $$669988,,000000..

**RREEDDUUCCEEDD** SSaann SSiimmoonn,, AAZZ –– IndianSprings Farm 162 acres w/pivot, nicehome, hay barn other utility buildings.$$775500,,000000 NNooww $$665500,,000000..

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**RREEDDUUCCEEDD** VViirrddeenn,, NNMM +/-78 AcreFarm, with 49+ acres of irrigationrights. Pastures recently planted inBermuda. 3 BR, 2 Bath site builthome, shop, hay barn, 8 stall horsebarn, unique round pen with adjoin-ing shaded pens, roping arena.Scenic setting along the Gila River.Great set up for raising horses alsosuitable for cattle, hay, pecans, orpistachios, $$555500,,000000 TTeerrmmss..

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Buckhorn Ranch – 350 headranch spread over 19,000 acreswith 2,163 deeded acres, plusState, BLM & Forest. The ranchis found in one of SoutheastArizona's prime ranching valleyswith picturesque setting &steeped in very old history.Asking $2,500,000New Listing! La CienegaRanch – NW Arizona, 500 headranch, AZ State land, BLM &adverse plus ephemeral increas-es, remodeled headquarters,home & bunkhouse, airstrip.Great Price Per AUM! Asking$1,295,000Reduced Price! BeloatRanch – 300 head year-long,plus increases with rain, Asking$599,000

Rock NV Natural Farm –Willcox, AZ, Organic or NaturalFarm w/145 acres, home, barn,possible retail shop, w/ manyirrigated pastures. Asking$580,000Reduced Price with NewPackage! Dripping SpringsRanch – Globe AZ, 194 Headyear-long, 10 deeded acres plusState & BLM. $399,000. Reduced Price: CK Ranch –Tonopah AZ, 50 acres deeded,237 head year-long on State &BLM. The waters were recentlyreworked, & ephemeral increas-es can bump the numbers withrain. This ranch makes sense.Asking $399,000

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Stockton Pass: Beautiful SE AZ Ranch North of Willcox,Mountain Ranch 145 head AU, Deeded Surrounded by forest.Reduced to $975,000. Walter Lane

Red Top Ranch: 3,800 deeded acres in SE AZ. Priced at $197per deeded acre. Walter Lane

Wildhorse Basin Ranch: Yavapai county, 864 deeded, 6701State Lease, $3,900,000. Con Englehorn

Crooked H: Central AZ, 126 Sections, 450 head WinterRange/664 summer Range. $2,375,000. Traegen Knight

Lazy EH: Western AZ, 122.5 deeded, 300,000 BLM/StateLease, 17,486 AUM ephemeral/500 AU yearlong. 18 wells, 4pumps on CAP Canal. $600,000. Con Englehorn

Tres Alamos Ranch/Farm, Benson AZ: 668 acres deededW/200 irrigated, shallow water, 3 Pivots, present owners running200 head yearlong. Priced at $2,500,000. Walter Lane

Liberty Ranch: 1917 Deeded aces in SE Arizona. $950,000.Walter Lane

Turkey Creek Ranch: Yavapai Co, 130 AU winter permit Oct.through March on the Prescott Nat. Forest, base land is 59.32acres in the Bradshaw Mtns at 5,800’ that would make a pleas-ant getaway from the Metro areas. $605,000 – Paul Groseta

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19.18 acres of farm land in La Mesa, NM – Located in La Mesa, NM. Paved road frontage andEBID surface water rights. Call for aerial map & EBID water rights info. Has ground water rights butno well. Farm located west of intersection of Lister Road & San Jose Road off Hwy 28 on north sideof La Mesa. Sellers will divide. $326,060

27.50 Acre Farm – Consists of 3 tracts – 8 Acres, 8 Acres, & 11.5 Acres – will sell separately. FullEBID & shared irrigation well. Community water, electric, telephone & gas on Camunez Road toadjoining property. Beautiful farm land, great mountain & valley views. Take Highway 28 south toSan Miguel, east or left on Highway 192, first right or south on Las Colmenas, then left or east onCamunez to end of pavement. Priced at $467,000

Fancher Ranch – Located southwest of Las Cruces, NM off Afton Road. 198 head permit, 210 acresdeeded, 19,224 acres BLM and 4666 acres state land. 2 pastures, 3 wells, 1900 square foot home with3 bedrooms and 2 baths, bunk house, green house, horse barn, corrals, round pen, etc. Easy access -45 minutes from El Paso and Las Cruces. $550,000

10 acre farm – located south of La Mesa, NM. Beautiful farm with irrigation well and EBID waterrights. Surrounded by other farms. Hwy 28, east on Afton Road, farm is on the north side. $179,900$164,000

14.83 acre farm – located in the north valley of Las Cruces, NM, includes an irrigation well, EBIDwater rights (Elephant Butte Irrigation District), shop and barn. $279,900

14.39 acre farm – located in San Miguel, NM.Full EBID irrigation, electric, new irrigationwell, new cement ditches, and new canal cross-ing. $245,000

Beautiful Albuquerque South Valley Farm –78.9 acres reasonably priced at $1,762,500, con-sist of 2 parcels, owner will sell separately.North farm includes 43.0667 acres for $957,500and south farm includes 35.7908 acres for$805,000. Shown by appointment only.

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EEAASSTTEERRNN AARRIIZZOONNAA FFAARRMM:: Located in central Apache County, Arizona, between Alpine andSpringerville along US Highway 180 in the Nutrioso Valley at the confluence of Colter Creekand Nutrioso Creek with over ½ mile of meandering Nutrioso Creek running through theproperty. Includes over 118 acres total with grand-fathered water rights for 33.8 acres of irri-gated pasture. Farmable acreage has been utilized for livestock grazing on improved pastureand is irrigated via gravity flow dirt ditches. Beautiful views of Escudilla Mountain located inthe heart of the White Mountains. There are numerous home sites on the property with excel-lent access including over ¼ mile of paved frontage along US Highway 180. Additional accessis provided by county maintained roads on both the north and south boundaries. Price$1,200,000 REDUCED! $1,000,000

NNOORRTTHHEERRNN AARRIIZZOONNAA RRAANNCCHH:: Coconino County, Arizona between Flagstaff and Kingman justnorth of Interstate 40 in the Kaibab National Forest. The ranch contains nearly 8,000 deededacres including two “in-holding” parcels within the forest boundary. The ranch carrying capac-ity is for 267 animal unit’s year-long and varies in elevation from 5,200 feet to 6,200 feet withthe headquarters situated at 5,460 feet. Access is provided by Forest Road #142 approxi-mately 6 miles north of Interstate 40 at Ashfork, Arizona. The ranch headquarters includes aranch house with barn and corrals. The ranch is watered by over 30 earthen reservoirs scat-tered throughout each pasture. The ranch is fenced and cross-fenced into six main pastureswith nine working/holding traps. The northern portion of the ranch is behind locked gate andcould generate additional income from hunting, wood-cutting or sandstone quarries. Price:$3,800,000

EEAASSTTEERRNN AARRIIZZOONNAA RRAANNCCHH:: North of St. Johns in Apache County, Arizona, includes 1,760 deed-ed acres with State & BLM leases for 121 animal units yearlong. Newly improved with sever-al miles of new pipeline, numerous storage tanks/drinkers supplied by four wells. Total ranchis over 11,000 acres with a five pasture rotational grazing system and one small holding trap.All ranch fences have been reworked including over two miles of new fencing. The main blockof the ranch is behind locked gate providing the owner with great privacy and seclusion. Price: $700,000EEAASSTTEERRNN AARRIIZZOONNAA RRAANNCCHH:: Located two miles east of St. Johns, Arizona, runs 331 animal unitsyearlong on state, BLM and private grazing leases. The ranch includes 362 deeded acres witha full set of working ranch headquarter improvements and two houses each with a well pow-ered by on-grid electricity. There are six wells in total and over four miles of pipeline dispers-ing water throughout the ranch as well as live water in the Little Colorado River. Price: $950,000

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� CAPITAN, NM – Minutes from Ruidoso. A multi-purpose propertyw/15.6434 ac. +/-, laboratory/office, covered pens, home. Ideal for use forhorse or cattle breeding, embryo transfer facility, vet clinic or many other uses ina beautiful area of NM.

� NEW MEXICO GIANT- Central NM – Almost 200 sections, mostly deed-ed, well improved w/homes, barns, several sets of pens w/scales, watered bysolar & electric powered subs, windmills, an extensive pipeline system, springs,spring-fed draws & canyons, earthen dams & river frontage, on pvmt.

� SPRINGER, NM – TOP OF THE WORLD! Just east of town on pvmt.9,200 ac. +/- ac. deeded, state-of-the-art improvements, 5000 ft. +/- home,two guests houses, employee housing, horse stalls w/breeding station, excellentimprovements including fences, working pens, roping arena w/air operatedrelease, new old-time cook house w/out-house. A must see property!

� OLD HWY. 66. – Santa Rosa, NM – 12,718 ac. +/- deeded, 640 ac. statelease, this ranch is well improved & watered by springs, subs, windmills & earth-en dams in an excellent location w/frontage on three different hwys. (develop-ment potential).

� STATE OF THE ART! – Improved to the hilt w/homes, barns, cuttinghorse training facilities, excellent fencing, extremely well watered by wells rang-ing from 10ft to 209ft, equipped w/mills & subs, extensive pipeline system,springs & earthen dams, w/ abundance of old grass to start the season, on pvmt.w/paving to the headquarters (approx. 25 mi. from Old Hwy. 66 Ranch).

� GUADALUPE CO., NM – 1,760 ac. +/- well improved w/homes, barns& pens, well watered, pvmt. & all weather roads from the interstate.

� PICK THE SIZE RANCH YOU WANT – let’s divide this 10,432 ac. +/-ranch in north central Texas, large lake w/permits for dam & right-to-impoundin place to add tremendous aesthetic value to the ranch together w/hunting,boating, fishing, commercial & residential development potential. Can be boughtby the pasture or in multiple pastures.

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SSIIXX SSHHOOOOTTEERR RRAANNCCHH –– Located approximately 15 miles west of Carrizozo, New Mexico in west-ern Lincoln County. The ranch is comprised of 640 ± Deeded Acres, 961.4 New Mexico StateLease Acres and 11, 246 Federal BLM Lease Acres. Grazing capacity is controlled by a Section3 BLM grazing permit for 175 Animal Units on a yearlong basis. Improvements include one res-idence, which has recently been remodeled, hay barn, storage sheds and corrals, all functional.Water is provided by three wells and an extensive buried pipeline system. Much of the watersystem has been replaced or installed new within the last five years. The Carrizozo Malpai lavaoutcrop forms the entire eastern boundary of the ranch. Access to the ranch is gated and lockedfrom Highway 380. Public access is by permission only. Price: $1,300,000.

BBOORRDDEERR RRAANNCCHH –– Located approximately 10 miles east of Columbus, New Mexico along theinternational boundary with Mexico along and on both sides of State Highway 9. The ranch iscomprised of 1,910 ± Deeded Acres, 11,118 NM State Lease Acres and 52,487 Federal BLMLease Acres. Grazing capacity is set by a Section 3 BLM grazing permit for 613 Animal Units.Livestock water is provided by three wells and a buried pipeline system. Five sets of working cor-rals are situated throughout the ranch. Adjoins the Mt. Riley Ranch to the west. Price: $1,100,000, but negotiable, come look & make an offer. Seller wants the ranch sold.

MMTT.. RRIILLEEYY –– Located approximately 30 miles northwest of Santa Teresa, New Mexico along andon both sides of State Highway 9. The southern boundary of the ranch is the international bound-ary with Mexico. The ranch is comprised of 160 ± Deeded Acres, 6921 NM State Lease Acresand 74,977 Federal BLM Lease Acres. Grazing Capacity is set by a Section 3 BLM grazing per-mit for 488 Animal Units on a yearlong basis. The biggest portion of the ranch is located northof the highway. The headquarters is located approximately one mile north of the highway.Headquarters improvements consist of a camp house, maintenance shop, storage sheds and alarge set of working pens with scales. Water is provided by four wells and a buried pipeline sys-tem. Adjoins the Border Ranch to the east. Price: $725,000, but negotiable, come look & makean offer. Seller wants the ranch sold.

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AAC Nutrition ..................................15Ag New Mexico FCS ACA .................6Agrow Credit Corporation...............24Ken Ahler Real Estate Co., Inc .......68American Galloway Breeders Assn ..65American Water Surveyors .............49American West Real Estate ......68, 73Arizona Ranch Real Estate .............68Artesia Trailer Sales .......................74

BKen Babcock Sales ........................61Bale Buddy Manufacturing, Inc ......51Bar G Feedyard .............................13Bar M Real Estate .........................73Beaverhead Outfitters ....................70BJM Sales & Service, Inc................61Bobcat of Albuquerque ..................11Border Tank ..................................31Bovine Elite...................................61Bradley 3 Ranch, Ltd.....................65Brennand Ranch............................66

CC Bar Ranch..................................65Casabonne Family .........................21Dwanna Casabonne.......................23Casey Beefmasters ........................65CattleMax......................................61Cattleman’s Livestock Commission .28Caviness Packing Co., Inc ..............77Don Chalmers Ford........................31Clovis Livestock Auction.................25Coba Select Sires...........................65Conniff Cattle Co., LLC ..................59Cooper Brothers ............................23Cox Ranch Herefords .....................66

DD Squared Ranch ..........................30David Dean/Campo Bonito ............71Dan Delaney Real Estate ...............71Denton Photography......................63Desert Scales & Weighing Equip. ...61Domenici Law Firm PC..................23Double DD Animal Nutrition & Supply ...................................20

EAlice Eppers ..................................15Evening Out West..........................44James R. Evrage............................69

FFBFS / Monte Anderson.................47FBFS / Larry Marshall....................20Farm Credit of New Mexico..............8Farmway Feed Mill ........................27First American Bank ......................18Five States Livestock Auction ........324 Rivers Equipment .......................79Freeman Ranch ............................65Fury Farms, Inc. ............................13

GGallup Lumber & Supply .........37, 60Genex/Candy Trujillo .....................64Giant Rubber Water Tanks .............47Grau Charolais...............................64Grau Ranch...................................66

HHall-Gnatkowski, Inc......................16Harrison Quarter Horses.................61The Hat Ranch ..............................16Headquarters West, Ltd ................68Headquarters West, Ltd./Hubbell....71Headquarters West, Ltd/Knight ......72Henard Ranches ............................51

Hi-Pro Feeds ...................................5Bob Homer ...................................16Hubbell Ranch.........................20, 36Hudson Livestock Supplements ......29Hutchison Western...........................6

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JJ & S Pipe & Service Company.......61JaCin Ranch ..................................65Jarmon Ranch ...............................66Joe’s Boot Shop.............................59Punch Jones ..................................16

KKaddatz Auctioneering ...................60Kern Land .....................................71Kincaid Pump Sales & Service........23David & Joan Kincaid.....................18Bill King Ranch ..............................2Koben Pucket Invitational ..............42

LL & H Manufacturing .....................36La Luz Properties, LLC...................69Lakins Law Firm PC ......................25Lazy D Ranch Red Angus...............64Lazy Way Bar Ranch......................64Lewis Livestock .............................23

MMajor Ranch Realty .......................69Manford Cattle ..............................66Mason & Morse (Rainy Mesa) ........70Mathers Realty, Inc./Keith Brown...70Scott McNally ................................16Merrick’s Inc..................................34Mesa Feed Co ...............................39Mesa Tractor, Inc.....................26, 60Mesilla Valley Commercial Tire.......76

Michelet Homestead Realty ............69Chas S. Middleton & Son ..............70Monfette Construction Co...............60Paul McGillard / Murney Assoc.......72

NNational Animal Interest Alliance ....56NM Beef Industry Initiative.............50NM Business Coalition ...................52NM Cattle Growers Insurance .........53NM 4-H Foundation ......................63NMLB ...........................................60NM Property Group .......................72NM Purina Animal Nutrition ...........80NMSU Animal & Range Sciences ........................18, 33, 41

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PPauls Vet Supply ......................... 21Penasco Valley Telephone Coop ....19Phase-A-Matic Inc .........................33Phillips Diesel................................60PolyDome .....................................75Pratt Farms...................................64

RThe Ranches..................................54Real Cowboys ...............................50Red Doc Farm.................................3D.J. Reveal....................................61Robertson Livestock.......................60Roswell Livestock & Farm Supply...16Roswell Livestock Auction Co .........12Roswell Wool.................................17Runyan Ranches............................16

SSachse Red Angus .........................16James Sammons & Associates ........69

Sandia Trailer Sales & Service........60Santa Rita Ranch...........................64Scott Land.....................................72Singleton Ranches .........................65Skeen Buckhorn Ranch..................16Southwest Red Angus Assn ............65Stockmen’s Realty .........................67Straight Shooter ............................69Joe Stubblefield & Associates..........69Swihart Sales Co. ..........................61

TT & T Trailers ................................20TechniTrack LLC............................47Terrell Land & Livestock Co ...........69Titan Machinery.............................78Bernarr Treat.................................15The Turquoise Shop .......................202 Bar Angus..................................65

UUnited Country Vista Nueva, Inc.....73USA Ranch....................................66

VVirden Perma Bilt Co. ....................36

WWells Champlin Ranch LLC ............64West Wood Realty .........................70Westall Ranches LLC ..............66, 72Westway Feed Products LLC ............7Williams Windmill Inc ..............43, 60WW - Paul Scales..........................35

YYavapai Bottle Gas..................45, 61Yocom-McColl ...............................21R.L. York Custom Leather ..............23

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