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Across
1. _____ Drought Index (map)
3. _____ cow woes bring threats of
drastic measures
4. _____, Western Watersheds To Sue
Utility To Save Endangered Salmon
6. Today's Editorial: _____ Miracle Debunked
8. El _____ Ranch asks for more water
10. Tamarisk: Bill Would Eradicate
Middle Eastern Tree That _____
Enough Water for a Million People
12. _____, Partners Sue BLM for
Violation of Clean Water Act
13. Ranchers continue early cattle
sell-off (__)
15. Surplus hay finds way to _____
Colo.
16. Corps stands behind status _____
17. Wildlife Watching Larger Economic
_____ than Public Lands Grazing in
the West
18. U.S. seeks protection for _____
plant unique to Wyoming
19. Coalition seeks funding for forest
plan alternative (Medicine Bow __)
20. Grant Will Compensate Landowners
_____ Reduce or Eliminate Cattle
Grazing
21. BLM manager explains cattle _____
24. Wildlands Project writ large (__:
HR652)
25. "..._____ of cattle and a
number of sheep have been
killed..."
26. _____ the Trinity
29. Authority for the Bureau of Land
Management to Consider Requests
for Retiring Grazing Permits and
Leases on Public Lands (_____ memo
- PDF)
30. _____ request equal drought
assistance for ag producers
31. Drought chokes the West: Arizona
has no plan to _____
32. Environmentalists blue over GOP
_____
33. Investigation _____ dead horses in
Nevada raises anger, questions
34. Frustrations With Government in
_____.
35. Ranch _____ up: Elk and recreation
worth more than cows
36. Expatriate fish could return a
_____
37. Judge: Forest Service Violated
_____
39. Rogue Wolf Pair to Be _________
(UT)
42. If __, watch out for flying pigs!
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Down
1. Chronic wasting disease _____
limits on touring reindeer: Santa
Claus has been grounded
2. (Ed. note: They'll get _____. Stewart for his honesty!)
3. Fire Analysis Shatters Common
_____ About Western Wildfires:
Environmentalists Not To Blame For
Wildfires (PDF)
4. U.S House votes show strong
support for Yellowstone
protections - (but _____ strong
enough)
5. Good drought management means
balancing range health against
cash _____
6. _____ Plata County rancher charged
in lynx shooting
7. Disillusioned, Beat Down and No
Longer in Proper _____ Condition
9. Congress likely to kill roads deal
(Utah - __2477)
11. Federal government denied
reservations their _____
12. Beavers really are the _____ best
dam builders
14. Ed. note: _____ click to enlarge
the cartoon
15. _____ Pronghorn on Verge of
Extinction
17. _____. Reid says 'no chance' for
grazing permit buyout proposal
22. _____ Lake grazing allotment, NM:
deadline for comments August 10,
2002.
23. (Today's quiz: How many domestic sheep grazing on public lands would it take to equal the value of a single Bighorn Sheep hunting tag which _____ auctions for $45,000 to $110,000?)
25. _____'_ Lesson: Build another Noah's
Ark
27. Permanent ban is _____ on the
import of all cervids
28. Western Watersheds, NPLGC _____ to
Washington
32. _____ care for our public lands
more than we know
36. _____ & dry
38. The $3.3 billion cost would be a
one-time total cost for a complete
buyout if _____ permitees
volunteered to retire their
permits.
40. 2003 NM House Bill HB0764, Senate
Bill __0764
41. _____, give me land, lots of land:
Frank Clifford on the latest
chapter in America's range wars
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