Members of the National Cattlemen s Beef Association know that family ranchers have a symbiotic relationship with the land. To maintain open space and wildlife in the West, where the federal government owns most of the land, the ranching industry that supports the land must be afforded measures of stability. Science-based range management and monitoring. Range management using flexible, outcome-based standards. Private investment in federal lands.
Stability is of vital importance to the continued viability of federal-lands ranching operations.