In the past it was easy to know what we were against. But now we are getting some idea of what we want to do. Skip Crowe and other ranchers are working to protect more than 33,000 acres of agricultural ranch land in upper Saguache Creek and, on the Gunnison Basin side, along Cochetopa Creek. The Colorado Cattlemen's Agricultural Land Trust could be instrumental in this precedent-setting effort. The convention included training sessions on methods of grazing streamside riparian areas.
Problems arise because cattle like riparian areas too.
Ranchers visited Crested Butte Land Trust property to learn about riparian conditions on Slate River, and on Brush Creek in the East River Valley, to see that grazing can take place in riparian areas without damaging them. Copyright 1999, Colorado Riparian Association. All rights reserved.