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• [1] hjs from 11211 January 05, 2009 - 10:57AM

  "Frank J. Popper and Deborah Popper, in a 1987 essay argued that the current use of the drier parts of the plains is not sustainable." From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_Commons

  they also talk about reintroducing the american bison from several reasons including the bison is able to survive without additional inputs and they do less damage to the plains than cattle.

  
  
• [2] Lane Trippe from New York January 05, 2009 - 12:51PM

  Your guest is eliding the significant 2-3 year mass extirmination of buffalo (wiping out several million buffalo, documented by accounts and pictures of the skulls & hides piled high at depots) authorized and boostered by the US & Texas govts, in the end 19th century, detailed by Tim Egan in "The Worst Hard Times" - telling the story about the sources of the Dust Bowl. After the Apache (and other plains tribes) were killed and driven off the high plains, the order went out for the buffalo to be extirminated to prevent the Native Americans who had been relocated to "The Indian Territory" from returning to the Great Plains. Read the book.

  
  
• [3] JENNIFER from NYC January 05, 2009 - 12:52PM

  What an idiot

  
  
• [4] Fuva from Harlem, NY January 05, 2009 - 12:54PM

  This guy searches for the "lost icon", to contribute to their loss?

  Conspicuous consumption. Excess.

  
  
• [5] CL from New York January 05, 2009 - 12:58PM

  It's ironic that Rinella's desire to kill buffalo for sport is what led to the extermination of the buffalo to begin with. I would never buy a book from a man who kills the animal he admires for personal pleasure.