Branding calves Deep Springs Valley, CA (1988)
	Grazing of livestock, generally sheep or cattle, is a common use on one-third of the United States, and is undertaken across about two-thirds of the countryÕs public land (public domain). This is both a prominent use and, increasingly, some source of controversy. However, it represents practices deeply established in time, and the economic life of ranching sustains many a small community that would not exist without grazing.
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