Overgrazing News

Twenty-nine reindeer introduced to St. Matthew Island in 1944 multiplied to over 6,000, leading to severe overgrazing. An extreme winter in 1963-1964 then cause

In 1958, 25 caribou were moved to an Alaskan island to serve as an emergency food source for military personnel, leading to a population boom due to a lack of n

The federal government is revising public lands grazing regulations to increase livestock numbers on 155 million acres in the West, despite concerns about overg