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Breanna Owens looks over the livestock at her ranch in Los Molinos, California.

Environment

‘It’s Tough Sleeping at Night’: Ranchers Seek to Protect Their Herds as the Wolves Move in

As wolves arrive in California for the first time since the 1920s, ranchers are turning to non-lethal methods to deter the gray wolves, once seen as livestock-killing vermin.

Jake Bullinger

Environment

Western Cattlemen Square Off Against 60,000 Mustangs

Can wild horses co-exist with ranchers and their grazing cows?

James McWilliams

Environment

Can Wild Horses and Ranchers Co-Exist?

An early look at a Pacific Standard story that's currently only available to subscribers.

Pacific Standard Staff

Environment

A New Breed of Ranchers Is Restoring the Landscape and Learning to Live With Predators

This Montana cattle ranch is trying to ensure its operations benefit wildlife—and yes, that means wolves, too.

Alisa Opar

Environment

The Ecological Wisdom of Leaving Nature Alone

The best kind of ranching is likely no ranching at all.

James McWilliams

Social Justice

Support Industrial Slaughterhouses

Local meat is a booming business, but the mobile slaughterhouse units used to process it are polluting our backyards with plasma-flecked wastewater, blood, and offal—dangerous byproducts that they're ill-equipped to handle properly.

James McWilliams