Critical Thinking Question
What would happen if all the livestock on federal land in New Mexico were removed. How much federal land are we talking about? What would the environmental impacts be? What are the issues associated with this and what does the science say about this issue. Pick a side and write a 10 page single spaced paper that supports you views with references and then be prepared to defend you answer in front of the class. You must form a team of 3 to 5 people work with in the class to develop your view point. For the class presentation during lab, prepare a power point presentation to support you arguments.
A good start might be to look at the CAST task force report on this subject see
Environmental Impacts of Livestock on U.S. Grazing Lands
also see the cast site for other articles on livestock grazing
http://www.cast-science.org/cast/src/cast_top.htm