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Multimedia Library 

Disclaimer: The locations of photographs in  this library have not been determined through survey. Due to the intermingled nature of land ownerships throughout much of the west, some photographs where the context or caption imply or otherwise indicate government ownership may actually be located on intermingled or adjoining private lands.

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Contents

Current Library

• Ranching's Other Victims: Free-living Animals     QuickTime     Flash
• Campaign 2008 Video Sampler:  An unmoderated continuous virtual web debate containing the most recent video that had been posted to each candidate's YouTube site at the date and time shown.
• Rockin' in the Tree World (a library of 57 MySpace videos, and counting)
• Western Watersheds Project's video library at YouTube
• RangeNet's video library at MySpaceTV
• Review/Trailer - Western Turf Wars: The Politics of Public Lands Ranching (2007)     RealPlayer     Google/Flash     MySpace/Flash
• Sinapu on Carnivores (MP3) August 2007
• Mexican Gray Wolf: Background and Update (mp3 audio interview) August 9, 2007
• Feliz Cinco de Mayo. A tribute to our neighbors.     RealPlayer     Google/Flash     MySpace/Flash
• Dutch Henry Falls, Moses Coulee, Washington. A nature preserve owned by The Nature Conservancy. April, 2007.
  RealPlayer     Google/Flash     MySpace/Flash     Photo Essay
• Pintler Creek Unit, Joseph Creek Wildlife Area, Washington. April 2007.
  RealPlayer   Google/Flash   Photo index with Narrative    Slides
• Western Plants and Wildflowers. Videos and Jigsaw Puzzles produced from photographs by Christopher Christie
• Global Warming and the United States, 1896-2006: A Region by Region and State by State Overview.     RealPlayer     Google/Flash
• Threat to Idaho Wildlife: Big Game Farms. December 27, 2006. (QuickTime)
• Eastern Idaho Aspen Working Group. November 30, 2006. Video transcript. (QuickTime)
• Desert or Pasture? Cattle and the American Southwest. A 2002 documentary by Sierra Club and Center for Biological Diversity.     RealPlayer     Media Player     Google/Flash
• Some MySpace Favorite Videos
• Videos by Mike Hudak: During 2003 and 2004 Mike Hudak interviewed grassroots activists and former government personnel about the management of livestock on public lands in the United States. The videos are based on those interviews. (off-site) (QuickTime)
  • Livestock’s Role in the Decline of the Desert Tortoise Steve Johnson
  • Ranching Politics in Academia. Robert Amundson
  • Holistic Management of Rangelands—Consequences for Avian Species. Clait E. Braun
  • Incredibly Low Grazing Fees On Federal Public Lands. Len Carpenter
  • Governmental Inflexibility of Managing Grazing During Drought. Len Carpenter
  • The Future of Ranching on Western Public Lands. Patrick Diehl
  • Cattle Removal Allows Bruneau River’s Environmental Recovery. Bob Phillips
  • Land Management Deficiencies of the U.S. Forest Service. Ray Neiwert
  • Pro-Ranching Social Pressure on Forest Service Employees. Bill Worf
  • Changes by G. W. Bush Administration in BLM Management Martha Hahn
  • Political Interference at BLM Results in Unsound Grazing Management Doug Troutman
  • Political Pressure on Forest Service Employees Don Oman
  • Animal Damage Control. Renee Galeano-Popp
  • Livestock Grazing Damages Pine Creek Basin. Bill Worf
  • Holistic Resource Management. Steve Gallizioli
  • The Gunnison Basin Gunnison Sage-Grouse Working Group. Clait E. Braun
  • Cattle Grazing Disrupts Natural Fire in Western Forests. Leon Fager
  • Livestock’s Role in Spreading Weeds and Pinion-Juniper. Steve Monsen
  • Livestock Grazing at Trout Creek (Sawtooth National Forest, ID). Don Oman
  • BLM's Management of Livestock. Doug Troutman
  • Livestock Grazing in the Black Hills. Charmaine White Face (Zumila Wobaga)
  • The Economics of Public Lands Ranching. Doug Barber
  • Interaction of Cattle and Burned Rangeland. Jim Prunty
  • The Campaign to Protect the Golden Trout Wilderness, Todd Shuman
  • Forest Service Politics, Renee Galeano-Popp
  •  The Influence of Idaho Watersheds Project on BLM, Martha Hahn
  •  Politics in Public Lands Management, Steve Gallizioli
  • The Montana Conflict Between Cattle and Bison, Ralph Maughan
  • Livestock Management on the Twin Falls Ranger District, Don Oman
  • Genesis of RangeNet, Larry Walker (Google/Flash version)
  • Soil Erosion at South Parker Creek, Bill Worf

    

• Video: Talkin' Turkey! Mr. President, pardon our western grouse for Thanksgiving. (includes some good grouse footage) 2 minutes 28 seconds. .wvx video. (off-site)
   
• COWZILLA II: A bovine fable with a moral. A sequel to "Cowzilla and the Wild Things". 2 minutes 57 seconds
  RealPlayer:   Broadband   Dialup     MediaPlayer:  Broadband  Dialup     Google:   Flash
    
• Greenfire Revival: A music video by Tim Lengerich featuring Western Watersheds Project's Greenfire Preserve. (3 minutes 37 seconds)
     RealPlayer:  DialUp  Broadband     MediaPlayer:  DialUp  Broadband     Google:   Flash
   
• America's National Forests: Produced by the Unified Forest Defense Campaign, a coalition of national and regional conservation organizations and High Plains Films. Written and narrated by award-winning author Rick Bass. 9 minutes. Off-site.     (RealPlayer Broadband)     (Realplayer Dial-up)     (Windows Player Broadband)     (Windows Player Dial-up)
   
• The Wanderer: Quynn Elizabeth travels around the west sharing stories of Nature that affect us all. (off-site)     Video Pods     Audio Clips
   
• Hart Mountain & Sage Grouse. Audio transcript of presentation by Dr. Steve Herman. RangeNet 2000 Conference. Reno, NV. November 2000. 49 minutes. RealAudio 3mb 
   
• Louisiana Coastal Land Loss (computer simulation). 3 minutes 44 seconds
  (RealVideo Dial-up 1mb download)     (Realvideo Broadband 6mb download)     (AVI format 54mb, off-site)
   
• Senator Larry Craig - Public Lands Access Hearing. June 6, 2005. BSU. Boise, Id. 2 hours 16 minutes     (RealVideo Dial-up 34mb download)     (Realvideo Broadband 227mb download)
   
• The Genesis of RangeNet (QuickTime Video, 7 minutes, off-site)
   
• RangeNet The Movie. A psychedelic tour of images on the RangeNet.org web site. (Shockwave, off-site)
    
• 1999 Western Sage Grouse Status Conference Proceedings (now back online)
   
• "Vegan Rainbow" is a weekly 1-hour interview radio show co-hosted by Mike Hudak that focuses primarily on animals, environmental conservation and social justice. Audio files of the shows are provided online in mp3 format for downloading. (off-site)
   
• OUR Western Public Lands is a made for cable access TV series of half-hour episodes being produced by RangeNet.org. 
   
• Cowzilla and the Wild Things (RealVideo 8 minutes))     [Dial-up 2mb]     [Broadband 13mb]   (Google/Flash version)
   

• "The Meatrix" (animated, off-site)
   

• "Cows With Guns" (animated, off-site)
   

• "High Steaks" (animated, off-site)
   

• RangeNet 2002 Conference Audio Proceedings. Boise, ID. Oct. 9-11, 2002. (Audio proceedings of this conference are now also available on MP3 CD)
  • Conservation in Action: The Life and Work of Joy Belsky (RealAudio, 14 minutes, 1.2mb)
  • Welfare Ranching: The Subsidized Destruction of the American West (RealAudio, 61 minutes, 5mb)
  • Legal Frameworks for Public Lands Ranching (RealAudio, 85 minutes, 7mb)
  • The Future of Public Lands Ranching: Mythology, Ecology, Sociology and Public Policy (RealAudio, 57 minutes, 4.7mb)
  • Dollars and Sense, The National Public Lands Grazing Campaign (RealAudio, 75 minutes, 6.2mb)
  • Keynote: Post-Cowboy Economics in the New West (RealAudio, 111 minutes, 9.1mb)
  • Bovines or Biodiversity: A Scientific Almanac (RealAudio, 67 minutes, 5.5mb)
  • The Changing West (RealAudio, 73 minutes, 6mb)
  • How the West Will Be Won (RealAudio, 72 minutes, 5.9mb)
     
• Mother Nature's Face. A folk song by Tim Lengerich (RealAudio, 4 minutes, 0.6mb)
   
• Out There, Anywhere, All The Time. A "trailer" of audio clips from an album of folk songs by Tim Lengerich. (RealAudio, 12 minutes, 1.8mb)
   
• RangeNet 2001 Conference Audio Proceedings. Tempe, AZ. Nov. 10 & 11, 2001 (Audio proceedings of this conference are now also available on MP3 CD)

  • Introduction (RealAudio, 9 minutes, 1.1mb)

  • Welfare Ranching: The subsidized destruction of the American West by George Wuerthner (a Book Publication Preview) (RealAudio, 55 minutes, 6.6mb)

  • Management by Myth by Beth Painter (RealAudio, 41 minutes, 4.9mb)

    • Beth's Outline

    • References

  • Impacts of Livestock Grazing on Riparian Habitats by Bob Ohmart (RealAudio, 36 minutes, 4.4mb)

  • Ecological Cost of Livestock Grazing by Tom Fleischner (RealAudio, 41 minutes, 4.9mb) (tape note: There is a 1 minute stretch break near the beginning of the tape. Presentation resumes after the break)

  • Interpreting Terrestrial Ecosystems Survey Analysis by Jim Powers (RealAudio, 40 minutes, 4.8mb) (tape note: The first few minutes of the presentation are missing from the tape)

    • Reference: Decision Protocol Version 2.0

  • New Methodology for Riparian/Stream Health Assessment by Allison Jones (RealAudio, 41 minutes, 5mb)

  • Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution by Dale Keyes (RealAudio, 42 minutes, 5mb)

  • Blacktailed Prairie Dog Update by Nicole Rosmarino (Realaudio, 41 minutes, 5mb)

  • National Public Lands Grazing Campaign 

    • Grazing Permit Retirement by Andy Kerr and Mark Salvo (RealAudio, 56 minutes, 6.8)

    • Discussion (RealAudio, 27 minutes, 3.3mb)

    • Web Site

  • Ending Public Lands Ranching by Jon Marvel (RealAudio, 36 minutes, 4.2mb)

  • Restrictions on Public Land Grazing to Protect the Listed Mojave Desert Tortoise in California by Daniel Patterson (RealAudiom 35 minutes, 4.2mb)

  • My Dog Misty by Martin Taylor (RealAudio, 11 minutes, 1.4mb)

  • Closing Comments (RealAudio, 14 minutes, 1.8mb)

• RangeNet 2000 Symposium Audio Proceedings, Reno NV, Nov. 28-29, 2000 
  • We Had An Election 
  • Rangeland Reform Revisited 
  • Retirement of Grazing Privileges on Public Lands
  • Why The Taylor Grazing Act Should Be Repealed 
  • Cows Versus Condos
  • Sage Grouse - Spotted Owls Of The Sagebrush Steppe
  • Grassroots Activity
  • Resolution - Campaign to End Public Lands Grazing 
  • Litigation Update
  • The Western Range Revisited 
  • Is There Hope? Will we see the end of public lands ranching in our lifetime? 
  • Open Microphone
• Red Butte Canyon Research Natural Area (Note: Available as OUR Western Public Lands, episode #2)
• Livestock Liabilities (Note: Included in OUR Western Public Lands, episode #1)
• California Grazing Reform Alliance, 1996, 3rd Annual Workshop (Note: Plans are to make the RealVideo files available on CD. A portion of the Amphibian presentation illustrating the dynamics of species extinction/survival may be remastered for broadband streaming.)
  • Successful Grazing Strategies With Multiple Use Constraints
  • Hydrological/Grazing Interactions in Sierra Meadow Systems
  • Amphibian/Livestock Interactions In The Sierra (Note: Condensed version available as OUR Western Public Lands, episode #4)