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Overgrazing has made many lands arid in this country. Livestock eats away at the resources, making it difficult for anything new to grow.
Overgrazing is by no means limited to grazing systems and is also likely to become a problem.Grazing lands are often nutritionally marginal, close to or in arid regions, in mixed farming systems will result from a combination of all these factors.
Columbus discorved lands
Overgrazing can convert grasslands into desert.
Deforestation and overgrazing are two common adverse effects of the human population on the environment. Deforestation and overgrazing leaves behind dry land and leads to desertification.
While climate change is contributing to the spread of some deserts, poor farming practices and overgrazing by livestock make a big impact, especially in the Sahel south of the Sahara.
Because overgrazing increases albedo
The causes of overgrazing are letting stock and farm animals feed in one location too long without relocating them.
To attempt to end fighting over grazing lands. People were also figuring out how to cross fence & graze cattle in the same area as opposed to continously move/range cattle.
require that the landscape and vegetation of mined lands be restored
I didnt read the book but on another website with this question it said overgrazing destroyed the village.
The Taylor Grazing Act of 1934 (43 USC 315), signed by President Roosevelt, was intended to "stop injury to the public grazing lands [excluding Alaska] by preventing overgrazing and soil deterioration.