Agriculture in eastern Colorado collapsed in the dust bowl days of the 1930s, today mostly dry-land farms and some ranching interests survive.

A Democrat enormously popular in what is generally a Republican district, Mr. Campbell has won support from both environmentalists community and ranching interests.

Little has spent his career working in his family's ranching interests while often engaging in Idaho public policy as a business leader.

In 1880 he married his first wife, the former Alice Lee, and also pursued ranching interests in the West.

He has also been active owning construction, storage and property businesses, as well as irrigated land and ranching interests.

Initially, the influence of ranching interests brought tremendous progress to CAC's agricultural programs.

Whiteaker himself had an interest in the fossil beds at nearby Fossil Lake, and ranching interests in the area as well.

Roosevelt actively ranched in the badlands only until early 1887, but maintained ranching interests in the area until 1898.

Lastly, protection of threatened and endangered species such as the grizzly and wolf is sometimes met with opposition from local ranching interests.

Burns was reportedly acting on behalf of ranching interests, who wished more of the horses removed from federal land.