Climate Desk: The great expansion of America took ranchers west. The drought is pushing them back east.
Lifelong Wyoming rancher Neil Forgey is hoping the grass is greener in Winner, South Dakota. This year`s drought has forced a terrible choice on mid-West ranchers: sell, or haul. Neil`s usually verdant land in Douglas, Wyoming–home for decades–is “drier than it`s ever been,” he said. Every county in that state is a declared disaster area, eligible for federal money. Neil`s property was also threatened by…

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