num_pages: 250
description: As managers of Oregon's Malheur Field Station and authors of the book. Oregon's Great Basin Country (Maverick Publications) Denzel and Nancy Ferguson introduced thousands of students out-of-door enthusiasts and tourists to the delights of public lands in the West. Now the Fergusons are appealing to those people and the rest of the nation to rescue the public lands from the grip of an abusive and demanding minority - the open-range livestock industry. The Fergusons took an early retirement to write Sacred Cows at the Public Trough and to devote full time to free-lance writing photography and other interests.Denzel holds a Ph.D. degree in zoology from Oregon State University has taught sat several colleges and universities and has written hundreds of scientific and popular articles. Hil columns and articles appear regularly in Willamette Week. He is past-president of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences a former editor of Herpetologica and widely recognized for his pioneering research on veribrate pesticide resistance and sun-compass orientation. Denzel is a native Oregonian.Nancy has done free-land writing and photography. In the field her enthusiasm and love for nature have proved contagious to many - as have her pastries and camp-prepared meals. She is a former resident of Montana.Sacred Cows at the Public Trough was nearly 10 years in preparation. For the Fergusons it was more than just another - it was an obligation. At times you will be angry; at other times you will want to cry. Ginny Rosenberg's drawings will tug at your heart of make you smile. But one thing for sure after reading Sacred Cows at the Public Trough you will never feel the same.
language: English
title: Sacred Cows at the Public Trough
publisher: Maverick Publications