For years, retiring grazing permits has served as a common-sense, market-based solution for protecting some of the west’s most delicate public lands. A rancher's near death experience serves as an example of how and why these retirements work.
High Country News writer Krista Langlois trekked above 11,000 feet in the La Sal Mountains to understand what is at stake with a fast-expanding herd of exotic mountain goats of concern to both the Forest Service and the Grand Canyon Trust.
