The Casey Murph Story: An Arizona Cattle Rancher's Fight to Protect Wildlife & Landscape

And the tech industry’s push to expand solar and battery projects onto land currently zoned for agriculture — raising debate over energy growth, land use, and the future of rural communities.

Arizona cattle rancher Casey Murph joins independent journalism’s Jen’s Two Cents for a wide-ranging interview examining a growing battle over land, wildlife habitat, and the future of rural Arizona. Murph argues that policies accelerating renewable energy development could reshape generations of ranching and change how open land is used across the stat…