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Bill Worf clips 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 Poor Management of Upland Cattle Grazing Leads to Flood Damage at South Parker Creek Bill Worf grew up on a ranch near Rosebud, MT, then served in the US Marines during World War II before matriculating at the University of Montana. Upon graduating with a BS degree in forestry/range in 1950, he began a 31-year career with the US Forest Service, assuming positions of district ranger on the Ashley NF (Utah), staff officer at the regional office in Ogden, staff officer on the Fishlake NF (Utah), and supervisor of the Bridger NF (Wyoming). In 1965 Mr. Worf was assigned to the agency’s Washington, DC, Office where he headed the development of policy for implementing the 1964 Wilderness Act. Subsequently, he served as director for wilderness, recreation, and lands at the regional office in Missoula, MT. Finding that no national environmental organization was encouraging the government to better care for existing wilderness, Mr. Worf co-founded Wilderness Watch for that purpose in 1989 and served as the organization’s president from its inception until 2003. Mr. Worf received the Keith Corrigall Wilderness Stewardship Award in 2003 from the International Journal of Wilderness in recognition of a lifetime of achievement in wilderness protection and stewardship. Bill Worf explains how poor management of upland cattle grazing led to flood damage in 2000 at South Parker Creek (South Warner Wilderness, California). Recorded in August 2004. This video is an excerpt from Bill Worf’s interview in Western Turf Wars: The Politics of Public Lands Ranching. |
