2 outstanding examples of how the Feds protect open lands in the West

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4. The BLM can't win for losing

Everyone hates them. Ranchers, ATV fans, Big Oil, environmentalists, wild horse advocates, hunters, all complain that the agency is in the pockets of competing interest groups.
As for the cows, 20 years ago 54 ranchers each had about one or two thousand head competing with deer, wild horses, proghorn etc. for what little grass existed in an arid area. So, yeah that many cattle with that little grass could do serious damage.

The BLM decided it was unsustainable, so they limited it to 150 head per ranch. The other ranchers complied and went out of business. One told them to screw themselves.