For the most part, my environmental friends say this very thing in a fairly flat and even tone. This is the truth. These are the facts. Sometimes, however, their voices too can shake with rage and sorrow. There is not much middle ground here.
Environmentalists are ignorant, power-hungry elitists who want to destroy an American way of life.
Ranchers are ignorant, power-hungry elitists who are destroying a national heritage. The new range war. As usual, the issues are more complex than they seem. The ranching community is going to have to change. The idea of running cows everywhere and any which way is simply not working.