January 1986 Issue [Article] Even the bad guys wear white hats Download PDF Adjust Share Cowboys, ranchers, and the ruin of the West by Edward Abbey, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 20th century Cattle Cattle trade Cowboys Environmental aspects Government policy Ranchers Range policy West (U.S.) More from Edward Abbey Cowburnt Most of the public lands in the West, and especially in the Southwest, are what you might call “cowburnt.” Almost anywhere and everywhere you go in the American West you… Hunting in earnest One Man’s Nuclear War On civil disobedience at Rocky Flats Adjust Share