![]() ![]() So, last summer, officials hired contract wranglers to round up the rambunctious cattle and evict them from the forest. This kind of behavior is, naturally, unacceptable to the Gila National Forest, which manages the land in question. Forest Service, they’re also playing bullfighter with unsuspecting hikers. Between 50 and 150 cattle are parading across the landscape, chomping native plants down to the nub, trampling riparian areas to dust, eroding landscapes, damaging habitat and oozing vast clouds of methane. Those who visit the Gila Wilderness in southern New Mexico these days have to grapple with a number of perils: rattlesnakes, extreme heat, bears, rugged terrain and, of course, raging bulls. ![]() This is an installment of the Landline, a fortnightly newsletter from High Country News about land, water, wildlife, climate and conservation in the Western United States.
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