A federal judge has found that a rancher grazed cattle on Wallowa-Whitman National Forest land without authorization. Under Oregon’s open range law, a ranch isn’t liable for its cattle causing a car ...
Cattle graze in southern Union County as a rain squall covers part of the Elkhorn Mountains west of North Powder in 2023. PORTLAND — It was 11:30 at night and Roxann Stout and her adult daughter ...
Texas is still considered "open range," meaning that livestock can roam freely unless certain laws dictate otherwise. In the 1800s, large cattle drives moved millions of cattle from South and Central ...
The notion of an open range evokes memories of the Old West, when cattle freely grazed on public land and cowboys drove herds cross-country to the stockyards. The nation’s open range dates back to the ...
A little-known legal precedent dating back to the Republic of Texas currently allows livestock to roam free in Brazos County, but thanks to two petitions started by a local man voters will be able to ...
It was 11:30 at night and Roxann Stout and her adult daughter Jesica Galligher drove along Interstate 84 toward Stout’s home in eastern Oregon in 2019. Suddenly they saw a dead black cow lying in the ...