Scientists at the University of Nevada, Reno have determined that fire hazards may be decreased by using targeted livestock grazing during the dormant growth season and luring the cattle with protein feed supplement stations.
The U.S. Forest Service and Department of Interior are asking for an increase in wildland fire funding for next year. Also learn how cattle are apart of a fire management plan on a Colorado farm.
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greenhouse gas production is not the same as 100% reduction, which is what we would get if we just stopped eating the stuff. a recent study at ox fort university has shown that judged against the nutrition is provides, beef is simply too environmentally expensive. but let s go back to that bucolic scene of those cows grazing on those highland pastures. cattle grazing is arguably the most efficient food-producing use to which these fields can be put because nothing much will grow here, other than grass. and there are lots of other areas of the world like that. as with so much of the environmental argument, there s a lot to chew over. mark phillips, cbs news, scotland. sargent: well, still ahead on the cbs weekend news, we ll meet chicago s punk rock doc back on stage after a frontline covid fight.